Ancestors of Bobby Ray Childers

Ancestors of Bobby Ray Childers


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1. Bobby Ray Childers, son of Robert Steven Childers and Dee Dee Sutherland , was born on 18 Feb 1975 in Houston, Harris Co. Texas.

Bobby had a relationship with Priscilla Anne Cooper . Priscilla was born on 23 Jul 1975 in Pasadena, Harris Co., Texas.

Their child was:

          i.   Jacob Steven Childers was born on 17 Jul 1998 in Spring Branch, Harris Co., Texas.


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2. Robert Steven Childers, son of Bobby Ray Childers and Margaret Foote , was born on 29 Oct 1955 in Texas City, Harris Co., Texas.

Robert married Jacqueline Susette Hickey . Jacqueline was born on 28 Aug 1966 in Birmingham, Alabama.

Children from this marriage were:

          i.   Mathew Wayne Childers was born on 4 Aug 1987 in Houston, Harris Co. Texas.

         ii.   Lacy Jaline Childers was born on 15 Sep 1985 in Somerville, Washington Co., Texas.

Robert next married Dee Dee Sutherland .

The child from this marriage was:

1         i.   Bobby Ray Childers (born on 18 Feb 1975 in Houston, Harris Co. Texas)


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3. Dee Dee Sutherland, daughter of Charles Reed Sutherland Jr and Alice Myrtle Henderson , was born on 22 Dec 1956 in Houston, Harris Co., Texas.

Dee married Robert Steven Childers .

Dee next married Terry King .

Children from this marriage were:

          i.   Dalton King .

         ii.   Dustin King .

        iii.   Lindsey King .


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4. Bobby Ray Childers, son of Ed Larrimore "Dandy" Childers and Minnie Roberta Hall Maness .

Bobby married Margaret Foote .

Children from this marriage were:

          i.   Debrah Susan Childers was born on 21 Jan 1957 in Houston, Harris Co., Texas.

2        ii.   Robert Steven Childers (born on 29 Oct 1955 in Texas City, Harris Co., Texas)

        iii.   Kimberly Sharon Childers was born on 6 May 1962 in Houston, Harris Co., Texas.


5. Margaret Foote, daughter of Lawrence Foote and Luna Delores Ritchey , was born on 13 Jun 1934 in Carson, Mississippi.

Margaret married Bobby Ray Childers .

6. Charles Reed Sutherland Jr, son of Charles Reed Sutherland Sr and Unknown .

Charles married Alice Myrtle Henderson .

Children from this marriage were:

3         i.   Dee Dee Sutherland (born on 22 Dec 1956 in Houston, Harris Co., Texas)

         ii.   Pamela Sutherland .

        iii.   Johnathan Sutherland .


7. Alice Myrtle Henderson, daughter of Charles Henderson and Irma Dunn .

Alice married Charles Reed Sutherland Jr .
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8. Ed Larrimore "Dandy" Childers, son of Clark Calhoun "Cal" or "Biggie" Childers and Maude Menefee , was born on 8 Jan 1915 in Cleburne, Johnson County, Texas and died in Jan 1968 in Texas, at age 53.

Ed married Minnie Roberta Hall Maness .

Children from this marriage were:

4         i.   Bobby Ray Childers

         ii.   Paul Maness was born on 21 Dec 1898 in Texas and died on 4 Dec 1971 in Johnson County, Texas, at age 72.

        iii.   Shirley Childers .

         iv.   Lawrence Calhoun Childers .


9. Minnie Roberta Hall Maness, daughter of Unknown and Unknown , died on 12 Mar 1995 in Somerville, Burleson Co., Texas.

Minnie married Ed Larrimore "Dandy" Childers .

10. Lawrence Foote, son of Alvin Kenner Foote and Ada Page .

Lawrence married Luna Delores Ritchey .

The child from this marriage was:

5         i.   Margaret Foote (born on 13 Jun 1934 in Carson, Mississippi)


11. Luna Delores Ritchey, daughter of Joseph Tillman Ritchey and Ruth Whitehead .

Luna married Lawrence Foote .

12. Charles Reed Sutherland Sr .

Charles married (name unknown).

The child from this marriage was:

6         i.   Charles Reed Sutherland Jr


14. Charles Henderson .

Charles married Irma Dunn .

The child from this marriage was:

7         i.   Alice Myrtle Henderson


15. Irma Dunn .

Irma married Charles Henderson .
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16. Clark Calhoun "Cal" or "Biggie" Childers, son of John W. Childers and Hannah Leora Calhoun , was born on 29 Sep 1869 in Benton, Pulaski County, Arkansas, died on 3 Mar 1945 in Cleburne, Johnson County, Texas, at age 75, and was buried in Mar 1945 in Cleburne, Johnson County, Texas.

Clark married Maude Menefee on 12 Mar 1898 in Cleburne, Johnson County, Texas.

Children from this marriage were:

          i.   Alva C. "Uncle Floss" Childers was born in Dec 1898 in Texas, died on 4 Dec 1971 in Cleburne, Johnson County, Texas, at age 73, and was buried in Cleburne, Texas.

         ii.   Galdys M. Childers was born on 13 Jan 1900 in Johnson County, Texas and died on 13 Aug 1976 in Rio Vista, Johnson County, Texas, at age 76.

8       iii.   Ed Larrimore "Dandy" Childers (born on 8 Jan 1915 in Cleburne, Johnson County, Texas - died in Jan 1968 in Texas)

         iv.   Ivy Childers .


17. Maude Menefee, daughter of Warren Alexander Menefee and Mattie Elizabeth Tarter , was born on 10 Feb 1880 in Texas and died on 6 Jun 1955 in Cleburne, Johnson County, Texas, at age 75.

Maude married Clark Calhoun "Cal" or "Biggie" Childers on 12 Mar 1898 in Cleburne, Johnson County, Texas.

20. Alvin Kenner Foote .

Alvin married Ada Page .

The child from this marriage was:

10        i.   Lawrence Foote


21. Ada Page .

Ada married Alvin Kenner Foote .

22. Joseph Tillman Ritchey .

Joseph married Ruth Whitehead .

The child from this marriage was:

11        i.   Luna Delores Ritchey


23. Ruth Whitehead .

Ruth married Joseph Tillman Ritchey .
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32. John W. Childers, son of Martin Thomas Childers and Eleanor Ellen Clark , was born in Dec 1826 in Ohio and died before 1860, before age 34.

General Notes:
According to Garnie Rooke (deceased) John was living in Gallia County, Ohio in 1850 with his wife Hannah, Marriage record not found, with son George M. age 1. No more information till 1912, obituary notice in Gallia County, Ohiopaper of Richard Calhoon Òsurvived by aged sister Hannah Calhoon of Texas .

John married Hannah Leora Calhoun on 10 Jul 1851 in Hillboro, Hill County, Texas.

Children from this marriage were:

          i.   George M. "Martin" Childers was born in 1852 in Ohio.

         ii.   Eva Jane Childers was born on 9 Sep 1852 in Ohio, died on 17 Oct 1923 in Texas, at age 71, and was buried in Pyrom Cemetery, Surry County, Texas.

        iii.   Richard Owen Childers was born on 18 Feb 1860 in Allenville, Gentry County, Missouri, died on 16 Sep 1931 in Ibex, Shackelford County, Texas, at age 71, and was buried in Sep 1931 in Johnson Cemetery, Moran, Shackelford County, Texas.

         iv.   William L. Childers was born in 1858.

          v.   Izora Missouri Childers was born on 2 Apr 1865 in Ohio, died on 14 May 1942 in Senton, San Patricio County, Texas, at age 77, and was buried on 15 May 1942 in Kenedy, Karnes County, Texas.

         vi.   John W. Childers was born in Jul 1867 and died on an unknown date.

16      vii.   Clark Calhoun "Cal" or "Biggie" Childers (born on 29 Sep 1869 in Benton, Pulaski County, Arkansas - died on 3 Mar 1945 in Cleburne, Johnson County, Texas)

       viii.   Thomas Jefferson Childers was born on 20 Jul 1873 in Arkansas, died on 11 Nov 1950 in San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas, at age 77, and was buried in Nov 1950 in Lawnhaven Mem. Cemetery, San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas.


33. Hannah Leora Calhoun, daughter of Sampon Calhoun and Eve Deckard , was born on 10 Jun 1833 in Gallia County, Ohio, died on 18 Jul 1921 in Snyder. Scurry County, Texas, at age 88, and was buried on 19 Jul 1921 in Pyrom Cemetery, Surry County, Texas.

Hannah married John W. Childers on 10 Jul 1851 in Hillboro, Hill County, Texas.

Hannah next married John N. Jones on 4 Feb 1883 in Johnson County, Texas.


34. Warren Alexander Menefee, son of Henry Franklin "Frank" Menefee and Amanda Melvina Shipp , was born on 18 Mar 1858 in Leon Co, Texas and died on 25 Nov 1908 in Leon Co, Texas, at age 50.

Warren married Mattie Elizabeth Tarter .

The child from this marriage was:

17        i.   Maude Menefee (born on 10 Feb 1880 in Texas - died on 6 Jun 1955 in Cleburne, Johnson County, Texas)


35. Mattie Elizabeth Tarter .

Mattie married Warren Alexander Menefee .
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64. Martin Thomas Childers, son of Mosby Childers and Elizabeth Jeffries , was born in 1805 in Mason County, Virginia and died on 22 Feb 1877 between Hocking County, Ohio & Polk County, Missouri, at age 72.

General Notes:
1830 Census Eagle Township, Hocking County, Ohio #374 2 Males Under 5 Years-1 Male 20/30-1 Female 20/30
1840 Census Eagle Township, Ross County, Ohio 2 Males 5/10-2 Males 10/15-1male 20/39-1 Female 40/50
Listed In Salt Creek Township, Hocking County 1 Oct 1850 Ohio Census Age 43 From Virginia And Wife Eleanor Age 50 From Penn. An 3 Sons. Mosby 22 From Ohio, Farmer-William 20 From Ohio, Farmer-And Martin From Ohio, Farmer
1860 Census On 16 June Page 24 List Them In Same Location With Son Martin Lining On The Farm Next Door
1870 Census Still Showed Martin Age 64 As Living In Salt Creek With His Wife Eleanor Age 75. Also Jurida Age 26 From Penn. I Think She Is Their Granddaughter , Jordan's Daughter.
Martin Sold His Land In 1876 To Go West To Live With His Sons. Ellen (Eleanor) His Wife Was Blind In Her Old Age.
Died On The Way From Hocking County, Ohio To Mo
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Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: @N111@.

Martin married Eleanor Ellen Clark on 23 Mar 1826 in Gallia County, Ohio.

Children from this marriage were:

32        i.   John W. Childers (born in Dec 1826 in Ohio - died before 1860)

         ii.   Mosby J. Childers was born on 4 Sep 1828 in Gallia County, Ohio, died on 16 Mar 1852 in Hocking Or Vinton County, Ohio, at age 23, and was buried in Pike Run Cemetery, Vinton County, Ohio.

        iii.   William Ramsey Childers was born about 1830 in Salt Creek Township, Hocking County, Ohio and died on 27 Oct 1904 in Siligam, Barry County, Missouri, about age 74.

         iv.   Martin Owen Childers was born about 1832 in Salt Creek Township, Hocking County, Ohio and died in 1893 in Pleasant Hope, Polk County, Misouri, about age 61.


65. Eleanor Ellen Clark was born about 1800 in Pennsylvania and died after 1880 in Polk County, Missouri, after age 80.

General Notes:
Ellen (Eleanor) Was Blind In Her Old Age.
Died Sometime After The 1880 Census

Eleanor married Martin Thomas Childers on 23 Mar 1826 in Gallia County, Ohio.

66. Sampon Calhoun .

Sampon married Eve Deckard .

The child from this marriage was:

33        i.   Hannah Leora Calhoun (born on 10 Jun 1833 in Gallia County, Ohio - died on 18 Jul 1921 in Snyder. Scurry County, Texas)


67. Eve Deckard .

Eve married Sampon Calhoun .

68. Henry Franklin "Frank" Menefee, son of William Seton Menefee and Lucy Amanda Young , was born on 15 Oct 1831 in Boliver, Hardeman Co., Tennessee, died on 21 Mar 1920 in Grange Hall, Johnson Co., Texas, at age 88, and was buried on 23 Mar 1920 in Grange Hall Cemetery, Johnson Co., Texas.

General Notes: Was a mechanic.

Henry married Amanda Melvina Shipp .

The child from this marriage was:

34        i.   Warren Alexander Menefee (born on 18 Mar 1858 in Leon Co, Texas - died on 25 Nov 1908 in Leon Co, Texas)


69. Amanda Melvina Shipp was born on 7 Apr 1839 in Randolph Co., Alabama, died on 8 Mar 1893 in Rio Vista, Johnson Co., Texas, at age 53, and was buried in Grange Hall Cemetery, Johnson Co., Texas.

Amanda married Henry Franklin "Frank" Menefee .
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128. Mosby Childers, son of Abraham Jr Or William Cannon Childers and Unknown , was born in 1759 in Albemarle County, Virginia, died on 3 Aug 1843 in Hancock County, Indiana, at age 84, and was buried in Hays Cemetery, Hancock County, Indiana.

General Notes:
Notes; the grave of Mosby CHILDERS has not been located. Probably he was buried in the Hayes graveyard in Brown County, Indiana as his daughter Mary CHILDERS Walker who died July 24,1841 was buried there., Also he may have been buried in the Busby Graveyard in Fall Creek Twp., Madison County, Indiana where his daughter Elizabeth CHILDERS Surber, who died Oct. 7, 1841, was buried.
General; The Albemarle County, Virginia Land Patents began in 1729. The records of these deeds and patents are incomplete; some for many years being entirely missing. Two items might prove of value. in 1752 William CHILDERS of Cumberland Parish bought 250 acres on Glovers Creek adjoining some land in the parish of Southham owned by William's brother Moses CHILDERS. in the year 1752 Robert Thompson of Southham Parish, County of Sumerland, sold 250 areas to Moses CHILDERS of the parish and County aforesaid. This land was on Glovers Road, being part of a tract of 1140 acres lying in Albemarle, granted to said Thompson by patent issued at Williamsburg, Virginia bearing the date July 20,1748.
A muster roll of Captain Whites Company of Virginia contains this item, Mosby CHILDERS, Corporal, age 20, Amherst County, Virginia. Enlisted Dec.18, 1779; served 18 months. Included among the Pension Papers at Washington, D. C. is a paper very faded and indistinct, reading in part; Jan. 29,1780. Receipt for bounty pay and clothing; These are---certify that Mosby CHILDERS, formerly a soldier in he 5th Va. Regiment has duly and faithfully served through 3 years. For which he enlisted returned to his home free and unmolested he having received his bounty pay and clothing at Philadelphia Pa.
The CHILDERS family in America has many descendants. The name infrequently spelled Childress, Childres, Childrey, Childre, or Childray. The family is said to be of Scotch-Irish or Welsh extraction. The original emigrant to America has not been detemined. The earliest record we have of a CHILDERS in America is that of Abraham CHILDERS, a Virginia planter living on the James River to Curles, about ten miles below the falls (Richmond). in 1661 we find a Mr. CHILDERS owning property in Jamestown, Va. Jamestown was at that time the capitol of the Colonies. The property seems to be a one-half acre town lot. in 1678 and 1680 we find Abraham CHILDERS and Philemon CHILDERS, planters, with large land holdings living on the James River in the vicinity of Curles and Bermuda Hundred a few miles below the Falls (Richmond).
During the next hundred years the family spread throughout the entire James River Valley, but up to the time of the Revolutionary war they were practically unheard of outside of the Valley. The records are numerous, but they are also fragmentary and incomplete. Immediately following the Revolutionary War the CHILDERS family joined the general westward migration from Virginia. The 1790 census shows 16 families of the name, all of them in or near the mountainous sections. By 1860 we find them in Georgia, Kentucky and other states.
Mosby CHILDERS. Our earliest determined ancestor was born between 1747 and 176O. in 1780 he gave his age as 19 and in l840 as 93. When enlisting in the Virginia militia for the Revolutionary services he said he was born in the Albemarle County of Virginia. The evidence points to the Albemarle, Amherst, or Cumberland County of Virginia. The probability is that he was born near 1759. At the time of his enlistment he was described thus;

-"Farmer;
-ht.5'5, brown hair, hazel eyes, and fair complexion.
Mosby CHILDERS was married to Elizabeth Jeffries on March 8th,1785, by the Rev. John Alderson. The ceremony took place where the town of Alderson, Augusta County, Virginia, now stands at the Baptist church organized in 1881, the first church to be organized in what is now West Virginia. Record of the marriage may be found on page 158 of 'Virginia Valley Records' by John W. Wayland. Family tradition is that Elizabeth Jeffries was related to Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States.
They lived in Greenbrier County, Virginia, in 1786, and by 1810 were in Mason County, Virginia. He was a farmer by occupation. He lived in Gallia County, Ohio, in 1812. He sold his land there in 1831 and was found next in Hancock County, Indiana in 1840. He died there, 3 Aug. 1843, and is buried in Brown Township, Hancock County, Indiana.
Census Records indicate That Mosby And Family Moved To Mason County, Va. (Now WV) From Greenbrier County, Va. ( Now WV) Between 1786 And 1810. The Move To Gallia County Ohio, Was From Mason County After 1810 And Probably Before 1816. Revolutionary War Military Records indicate That Mosby Was Born Between 1751 And 1760.
Schedule Of Property Of Mosby CHILDERS, Submitted In Petition For A Pension On 4/15/1821
1 Horse $15.00
2 Cows 20.00
2 Yearling 8.00
1 Heifer 2 Yr. Old 6.00
7 Small Pigs 5.00
1 Small Can Shaw Plow 4.00
1 Leather Collar 1.00
1 Dutch Oven 1.00
9 Old Plates 2.25
1 Small Pewter Cup .75
2 Old Quart Basins .37
3 Saucers And Cups .75
4 Pewter Spoons .40
1 Spinning Foot Wheel 2.00
3 Old Knives & Forks 25
1 Broken Wedge .25
2 Calves 3.00
5 Lamb 5.00
7 Sheep 14.00
2 Sows 3.00
1 Heifer 2 Yr. Old 6.00
1 Ax 2.00
1 Sugar Kettle 3.00
1 Small Pot 1.00
1 Skillet .75
2 Old Tin Pans .25
2 Delphi Bowls .25
3 Irons .30
1 Cedar Pail .50
2 Cedar Buckets .75
1 H Scow .75
1 China Bowl .13
Total Of All The Above $102.75
Supplementary Application April 18, 1821, Court Of Common Pleas, County Of Gallia, State Of Ohio; Mosby CHILDERS, Age 88, A Resident Of Raccoon Township, Declared That He Served in The Revolutionary War As Follows;
A. Enlisted At Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Va. For Two Years, Served As A Private Under Captain Matthew Dewitt in Colonel Stephen' 7 Virginia Regiment For 2 Years.
B. Before His Term Expired, He Re-Enlisted For Three More Years Under Captain Henry Young's, 5 Virginia Regiment And Was Honorably Discharged On 29 January 1780, After 3 Years, At Lancaster, Pa . The Discharge Was Signed By Col. Ferberker. r. He Was in The Battle Of Brandywine And Several Skirmishes.

It Was Further Stated in The Application That He Had A Family Consisting Of His Wife, About 55 Years Of Age; Two Sons, The Oldest About 18 And The Other One 14 And Crippled With Rheumatism; 3 Daughters From 12 To 20; And 2 Grandchildren, The Youngest Being About 4. These Ages Are inserted From The Recollection Of Mosby, Who Is No Scholar, And Whose Memory Of Late Has Become Impaired.

Records indicate That He Was Placed On The Pension Roll On June 9, 1819, And Received Back Pay From June 26, 1818. Pay Was At The Rate Of $80.00 Annually.
Sources;
A. Pension application at national archives #s42121 Va..
B. Gallia Co., Ohio people in history to 1980, p.75
C. CHILDERS, by Glenn C. Walker
D. Gallia County, Ohio marriages, vol. 1
1820 CENSUS LISTED MOBY CHILDERS 1 MALES 10-16 , 2 MALES16-26, & 1 45-UP 1 FEMALES 0-10, 2 F. 16-26, 1 F. 16-26 & 1 F. 45-UP IN PERRY TOWNSHIP, GALLIA COUNTY, OHIO
From the Hancock County, Indiana Tomestone Inscriptions
One-hundred Years 1833-1933
Bu Sue Baker
Published 1933 by Heritage Books Inc. Bowie, Maryland

Where is Mosby CHILDERSUNKNOWN
Mosby CHILDERS was a soldier serving his struggling, young country in the American Revolutionary War. He enlisted at Charlottesville, Virginia, in the Seventh Virginia Regiment under Captain Matthew Dewltt and 9aw action in the battles of Brandywine and Monmouth. In old age he received a pension for this service.
Mosby died in Brown Township 3 August 1843 and descendants of his eleven children hang on a forest of Hancock County family trees.
Despite years of effort by genealogical searchers, his exact burial site has not been discovered.
The consensus of opinion seems to be that, indeed, he was buried at Hays Cemetery but as his pension record states was "a poor man" and had no money for a gravestone. It seems probable that the natural red rock, upright in the ground, with initials M.C. sacratched into it could well be the headstone for the grave of Mosby CHILDERS?
Interesting Note form the "History of Hancock Coundy. Indiana" by J. H. Binford , King & Binford Publishers, Greenfiel, indiana 1882. Page 92 list Mosby CHILDERS as one of the first settlers along with his son-in-law Seth Walker.
Page 96 we again find Mosby under Muders, Suicides and Remarkable Deaths. "it was in this Township that a Mr. Bell, brother of Senator Bell, of Madison County, was eaten by wolves in 1838. His body was found by Mosby CHILDERS north-west of Nashville in a badly mutilated condition. His bones, and fragments of his clothing and pocket-book, were picked up in different places. Cause of death was never known."
Heads of Family for Virginia 1783 to 1786 list three CHILDERS Henry, Mosby, and Reubin. Is it possiable that Henry, Mosby and Reubin could have been brother?

Research Notes:
PEGGY NEILL , BOX 103, PARR, TX 78577. FILE #98 & #140 SHOWS THAT HE HAD THREE BROTHER
LOUIS CHILDRESS FILE HAS INFO. ABOUT JEFFRIES.

Mosby married Elizabeth Jeffries on 8 Mar 1785 in Alderson, Rockingham County, Virginia.

Children from this marriage were:

          i.   John Childers was born in 1786 in Greenbrier County, Virginia and died in 1849 in Raccoone Township, Gallia County, Ohio, at age 63.

         ii.   William Childers was born in 1788 in Greenbrier County, Virginia and died in 1848 in Mason County, Virginia, at age 60.

        iii.   Mosby Childers Jr. was born in 1791 in Greenbrier County, Virginia and died on 17 Aug 1818 in Red Oak, Iowa, at age 27.

         iv.   Abraham Childers was born on 9 Feb 1793 in Greenbrier County, Virginia, died on 26 Mar 1871 in Perry Township, Gallia County, Ohio, at age 78, and was buried in Old Pine Cemetery, Rio Grande, Gallia County, Ohio.

          v.   Henry Childers was born in 1795 in Greenbrier County, Virginia.

         vi.   Joseph Childers was born in 1797 in Greenbrier County, Virginia.

        vii.   Mary "Polly" Childers was born on 14 Mar 1800 in Mason County, Virginia, died on 24 Jul 1841 in Brown Township, Hancock County, Indiana, at age 41, and was buried in Hayes Cemetery, Brown Township, Hancock County, Indiana.

       viii.   Robert M. Childers was born in 1802 in Kanawha County, Virginia and died on 6 Nov 1855 in Marion County, Orgeon, at age 53.

         ix.   Elizabeth Childers was born on 1 Jan 1803 in Mason County, Virginia and died on 7 Oct 1841 in Madison County, Indiana, at age 38.

64        x.   Martin Thomas Childers (born in 1805 in Mason County, Virginia - died on 22 Feb 1877 between Hocking County, Ohio & Polk County, Missouri)

         xi.   Andrew Childers was born in 1807 in Mason County, Virginia.

        xii.   Nancy Childers was born in 1809 in Mason Co., VA and died after 1860, after age 51.

       xiii.   Hannah Childers was born in 1812 in Gallia County, Ohio.


129. Elizabeth Jeffries, daughter of Nathaniel Jeffries and Mary Chalfant , was born in 1763 in Albemarle County, Virginia, died in 1821 in Gallia County, Ohio, at age 58, and was buried in Alderson, Rockingham County, Virginia.

General Notes:
Reported to be a distant cousin of President Thomas Jefferson.

Elizabeth married Mosby Childers on 8 Mar 1785 in Alderson, Rockingham County, Virginia.

136. William Seton Menefee was born on 11 May 1796 in Lincoln Co. Kentucky, died before 20 Dec 1844 in Houston, Harris Co., Texas, before age 48, and was buried in Bayou Cemetery, Harris Co., Texas.

General Notes: (A Story told to the grandchildren.)

"The story I am going to tell you girls and boys this morning is a sketch of a family, just one of the many families who helped to make Texas History and it happened almost a hundred years ago.

In the year 1833, a number of families came from [Mureborough?], Tennessee to Texas. They had been given large tracts of land. This was to induce more people to come into the state. Among these people were my great grandfather, William Seton Menefee and his brother-in-law, John Marlin. They settled at old Fort Marlin just below the City of Waco today, in fact, these people built the Fort and it took its name after John Marlin. My grandfather was a small boy of three years of age.

These people set to work to protect themselves from the Indians. They cultivated a few acres of corn and laid in a supply of fuel and food to keep them through the coming winter. They remained at the Fort for two years, and they were certainly hard years, with bitter cold winters and a number of Indian attacks.

NOTE: C. - 12. Texas

My great grandmother Amanda Menefee, though a mother of five children, was also a woman doctor and spent most of her time in doctoring and nursing the sick and wounded. She left her children in the care of a negro girl and a negro boy about eighteen years of age whom she had brought out here from Tennessee.

In the latter part of the year 1854 or perhaps the first part of the year 1835, the Indians made a most brutal attack on the old Fort. Rumors had come to the Fort during the day tha numbers of Indians were hiding outside in and among the trees, so it was thought best for all the women and children to come together in my great grandfather's house and John Marlin's. They had built their houses together with just a long hall between. As night began to fall most all of the people came together in this house. Men were stationed to watch on the outside. It was a very cold night and they were forced to have some fire, someone, forgetting that the smoke from the chimney would tell the Indians where the people had hidden, had built a large fire in the open fireplace and a large pot of old fashioned hominy hung from the [?] over the fire. The rest of the Fort was dark, no smoke could be seen, as the people talked quietly and listened for any sound, there came into the room an arrow from a small opening in the window close to the fireplace. The few men in the room ran for their guns and some of the women did too. The mothers hid their children the best they could. My grandfather, a very small boy, remembered the attack, but could not remember where he was hid whether it was under a bed or behind a large trunk.

Most of the men went outside and slipped behind trees for protection. Two of the women in the room were instantly killed, one woman fainted when she saw two Indians come in at the window, and she fell as if she were dead also. The Indians scalped the two dead women, and while they were doing the scalping, the woman who had fainted came to, but she did not move when she saw what they were doing. For some reason they did not bother her, but it was said she had the most beautiful hair. The men finally drove the Indians away. It was not until about three o'clock the next afternoon before the people began to come back to the house. That night they did not have a fire and worked most of the night burying the dead and dressing the wounded. My great-grandfather was shot in the leg.

Some time the next day the negro boy came in. He had hid under the house. The negro girl was never found. People supposed she was carried away with the Indians. There were so few people left that they decided to abandon the fort and go down to Washington Co. where there were more people, so one night they took what they could and started.

They found a number of people in Washington Co., and they began to hear of trouble with Mexico, how as far back as 1824, Santa Ana had made encroachment upon Texas soil. These had continued and were becoming more frequent and distasteful to Texas people.

So, in November and December of the year 1835 people were meeting and adopting resolutions for independence. A paper was drawn up and was in that year called a "Consultation." Some people did not want independence altogether, but wanted Texas to have State rights under the Mexican Government. But the year of 1835 was a year of terrible tragedies to Texas. On March 1st, 1836, delegates met at Washington to sign the paper of "Consultation", and to declare outright for Texas Independence. My great grandfather signed this paper and in a few weeks died from pneumonia due to exposure. The paper was written by a young lawyer whose name was Geo. C. Childress of [Milam], Texas. It was written one year before it was signed and went into effect, and when signed, not one word was changed. When this paper was drawn up it would have been impossible to raise an army of 1000 men, the enemy was already on Texas soil 10,000 strong. The little army would only have had shotguns and deer rifles and would have had to depend on game for food. The enemy was armed with the most improved weapons. That was the kind of men Texas had.

My great grandmother at the death of my great grandfather was left with five children. Three boys and two girls. She had several large tracts of land, but very little money, if any. She sold some of her land and moved to the small town of Houston. Some time after moving to Houston one son wandered away and was not heard of until years after her death. One son William, and the two girls were put in school in Houston. My grandfather, Frank, opened a hardware store, selling mostly tin-ware, going out in all directions from Houston with his ware. My great grandmother practiced medicine.

At the age of 22 my grandfather, H. F. Menefee married a woman doctor. His older brother William, became a Methodist preacher. He married a thirteen year old girl from the girl's College at Houston, whose home was in the distant state of California. Their sisters had married also and my great grandmother had passed away. So these two brothers sold their possessions they had in and around Houston and settled in the year 1856 west of Cleburne, Johnson county, on the Nolan River. My grandfather built a log house at the foot of a hill and his brother built a rock house over the hill at the foot of the same hill. They cultivated land in the valley running along the Nolan river.
My grandfather built a log house at the foot of a hill and his brother built a rock house over the hill at the foot of the same hill. They cultivated land in the valley running along the Nolan river. My grandfather has shown me a lot of times the place Philip Nolan was supposed to have hidden his gold. For a few years these brothers prospered, accumulating a number of stock.

When the civil war came, my grandfather was called to report at Houston. He left his wife and three babies. He carried an old saber with him as a weapon. When they left Houston on their march to the Texas and Oklahoma line, they were given guns. These sabers were thrown away. My grandfather picked up one and carried it to his home where he was allowed a few days furlough.
He was away four years of the war, only home once. One night in camp he felt things were not right at home. When morning came he asked for a few days off, as they were not in action he was granted these few days. When he reached home Grandmother had buried their baby girl on the side of the hill. She had called in some of the neighbor women and a few men that were left, like my grandfather's brother, because he was a preacher, and buried her baby.

I know that my grandmother like a number of other Texas women, must have been wonderful. She cared for the stock, made a little garden and planted a few acres of corn from which she ground meal for cornbread, cared for her babies, often time carrying them all on a horse with her, going miles to some sick one.
One evening just before night she came out on her porch and looking up to the top of the hill back of the house she saw one lone Indian man. She went back and put out her fire, thinking he might not come any nearer if he did not see smoke, perhaps he would think no one was at home, he would only steal a cow or calf and leave. This he must have done as he did not bother her.

When my grandfather returned home he was forced to sell all his land except about 200 acres, most all of his cattle, to start again. In a few years he had his land back in good condition, a goodly number of milk cows, a good orchard and large grape vineyard, and a part of that time my grandfather was totally blind for two years. But still he raised a large family, educated them, making one son a doctor, and that son, my father, Dr. A. J. Menefee of Hillsboro. His brother William also raised a family of twelve children. Two of them were doctors, Dr. W. E. Menefee, Cleburne, and Dr. E. L. Menefee of Granbury. One son became a missionary to China. "

FOLKWAYS--- Mary Agnes Davis, V. A. Hill County, Texas. District No. 8. (Pioneer History) NOV 23 1936 [S - 700?] 240
Reference: Ruby Hammock, Brandon, Texas
U.S. Work Projects Administration, Federal Writers' Project (Folklore Project, Life Histories, 1936-39); Manuscript Division, Library of Congress. Copyright status not determined.

William married Lucy Amanda Young in 1822 in Milledgeville, Baldwin Co., Georgia.

The child from this marriage was:

68        i.   Henry Franklin "Frank" Menefee (born on 15 Oct 1831 in Boliver, Hardeman Co., Tennessee - died on 21 Mar 1920 in Grange Hall, Johnson Co., Texas)


137. Lucy Amanda Young was born on 6 Feb 1802 in Rowan Co., North Carolina and died after 1850 in Texas, after age 48.

Lucy married William Seton Menefee in 1822 in Milledgeville, Baldwin Co., Georgia.
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256. Abraham Jr Or William Cannon Childers, son of Abraham Childers Il and Lucy Thomas/Neville .

Abraham married (name unknown).

Children from this marriage were:

          i.   Henry Childers .

         ii.   Isom Childers .

        iii.   Abraham Childers was born about 1745.

128      iv.   Mosby Childers (born in 1759 in Albemarle County, Virginia - died on 3 Aug 1843 in Hancock County, Indiana)


258. Nathaniel Jeffries was born about 1740.

General Notes:
See Virginia Quarterly Vol. 27.

Nathaniel married Mary Chalfant .

Children from this marriage were:

129       i.   Elizabeth Jeffries (born in 1763 in Albemarle County, Virginia - died in 1821 in Gallia County, Ohio)

         ii.   Sarah Jeffries was born before 1765 in Buckingham County, Virginia and died on 10 Aug 1843 in Pike County, Kentucky, about age 78.


259. Mary Chalfant .

Mary married Nathaniel Jeffries .
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512. Abraham Childers Il, son of Abraham Childers and Hester Cannon , was born on 1 Apr 1655 in Curles, Henrico Co., VA and died 1693, Possibly, at age 38.

Abraham married Elizabeth Cannon .

Abraham next married Unknown .

Abraham next married Lucy Thomas/Neville .

The child from this marriage was:

256       i.   Abraham Jr Or William Cannon Childers


513. Lucy Thomas/Neville .

Lucy married Abraham Childers Il .
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1024. Abraham Childers, son of Philemon Childers and Unknown .

Abraham married Hester Cannon .

Children from this marriage were:

512       i.   Abraham Childers Il (born on 1 Apr 1655 in Curles, Henrico Co., VA - died 1693, Possibly)

         ii.   Henry Childers was born about 1678.

        iii.   Robert Childers .

         iv.   Philemon "Lemon" Childers .

          v.   John Childers .

         vi.   Jane Childers .


1025. Hester Cannon .

Hester married Abraham Childers .
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2048. Philemon Childers was born about 1630 and died in 1717, about age 87.

General Notes:
arrived in Henrico Co., VA 27 Oct 1673, d. 1717

Philemon married (name unknown).

The child from this marriage was:

1024       i.   Abraham Childers


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