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L D PIERCE SENIOR
WAS MY GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER
SON OF ANDREW JACKSON PIERCE OF GA AND GOATNECK RANCH
CLEBURNE, JOHNSON COUNTY TX. ANDREW WAS SON OF REUBEN PIERCE.
HIS SON LD PIERCE JUNIOR WAS MY GRANDFATHER
ALLEN PIERCE WAS MY GRANDFATHERS BROTHERS. THEY BOTH MOVED TO
HANSFORD COUNTY TX IN 1906 WITH THE PIERCES AND WILBANKS.
NEW PHOTO OF PEG LEG BELOW
new_photos_Peg_leg_pierce.htm photos from Marcia Tinder
Peg Leg Pierce LD Pierce Ora Pierce and family
Lorenzo Dowell (L.D.)3
Pierce (Andrew
Jackson2, Reuben1) was born January 26, 1856 in
Cherokee Co., GA , and died 1923 in Spearman TX. He married
(1) Susannah Pluckett Lott on June 30, 1874
in Johnson County TX, daughter of A C Lott and ?? Lott.
(this info could be incorrect PEARCE, L D PUCKETT, Susanah Mrs 11 Oct
1877 Bosque Co marriages C�083Bosque County, Texas Marriages GROOM INDEX
1860 - 1928 Transcribed by MARY TURNER KINARD COPYRIGHT Mary Kinard)
PUCKETT, A J LOTT, S A 19 APR 1867 B�97
He married (2)
Aqua Ora Finley
after 1884, daughter of John Finley and Fannie Wright.
Ora Finley was born February 10, 1867 in
Johnson Co., TX, and died November 26, 1929 and was buried Nov 28 Hansford
County Cemetery. Info of L.D.'s 2nd wife came from Lester Jones-descendent
of LD Sr 's son George. He found this info researching in Hillsboro TX,
Hill County in 1997. He sent the deed he found in Hill County detailing
the transfer of land from Susannah Pluckett. She was a widow of Andrew
Pluckett. She remarried to LD Pierce Sr. and evidently passed away also. A
C Lott sold LD Pierce Sr. a parcel of land that Mrs Pluckett had owned. It
was situated in Hill County on Nolan's River. Vol 12 page 21 Hill County
Records. Aug 12 1884
Birth Year <1856> Birthplace
GA Age 24 Occupation Farmer Marital Status
M <Married> Race W <White> Head of Household Loranzo
PIERCE Relation Self Father's Birthplace SC Mother's
BirthplaceGA hill county census ed 76 1880 census
he
is on the Hansford County Texas Census for 1910 and 1920
(precinct 3) . 1920 census states birthday 1854
later Census places him and family in Hennepin Marlow Katy area of Indian Territory
Ok and 2 of his children (Visa and George) were born there. (not born in
Hansford County where they settled 1907 (or slightly later.)
1900 Township 1, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory Hennepin
is a small unincorporated community along State Highway 7 in extreme
southern Garvin County, Oklahoma, United States, near the meeting of the
Carter, Garvin, and Murray county lines. The Hennepin Post Office was
opened February 16, 1885, by Henry C. Dent in the old Chickasaw Nation of
Indian Territory. It was named for Father Louis Hennepin, a member of
Lasalle's Louisiana Expedition. The Hennepin ZIP Code is 73444.
1930
census Allen M Pierce Spearman,
Hansford, TX abt 1901 Texas Head Eva Pierce Spearman, Hansford, TX abt
1904 Wife Betty Pierce Spearman, Hansford, TX abt 1928 Daughter
Felix Pierce Spearman, Hansford, TX abt 1913 Brother Harbert A Clark
Spearman, Hansford, TX abt 1913 Texas Nephew
Loranza Pierce
Residence: , Hansford, Texas Estimated Birth Year: 1855 Age: 65
Birthplace: Georgia Relationship to Head of Household: Self Gender: Male
Race: White Marital Status: Married Father's Birthplace: Georgia Mother's
Birthplace: Georgia Film Number: 1821805 Digital Folder Number: 4390951
Image Number: 00523 Sheet Number: 1 HouseholdGenderAge Loranza Pierce M
65y Spouse Ara
Pierce F 56y Child
Clenn Pierce
M 27y Child L D
Pierce M 24y Child
George Pierce
M 22y Child Allen
Pierce M 18y Child
Susie Pierce
F 15y Child Felix
Pierce M 8y2m
2010:
In talking with the elders of the Pierce family it is said that PegLeg LD
Pierce Sr was somehow involved in the Mexican Revolution of the early
1900s. I cannot find documentation of that. Felix Diaz was nephew of
Porfirio Diaz of the Mexican Revolution. He was a leading figure in
the rebellion (with Porfirio) against President Francisco Madero during
the Mexican Revolution. It is possible Peglegs association with them and
that movement led him to name his son Felix Diaz Pierce. The Editor
of this site is name after him: Lynn Diaz Pierce.
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Spearman
Reporter Nov 28, 1927 Obituary of Mrs Ora Finley Pierce
DEATH OF MRS ORA PIERCE
Mrs Ora Pierce, 62 years old, died at the home of her daughter (Susie)
Mrs Henry Dacus South of Spearman on Tuesday Night November 26th
after an illness existing over a period of several months.
Funeral services will be held today Thursday November 28 at the Union
Church of Spearman at 2:30 pm followed by interment in Hansford
Cemetery. Rev. W.A. Neville will conduct the funeral service. |
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Photos to see the large photos
March 20 2012 I put this photo on new page and added
info from Dan Pierce our cousin
Peg Leg
Pierce's family: Clem A Pierce (left of Pegleg) Allen Pierce (right of
PegLeg). Standing (arm on Peg Leg Pierce) LD Jr (my
grandfather), Next- Ora Finley Pierce, Sally Fisher, holding babies
Ora holding Susie Pierce (2 months) Sally holding Valney Fisher.
Visa (Aunt Vice) Pierce Standing between two seated woman.
Other relatives says Sophie Holding Felix in Middle, and Sally Holding
Harbert Clark on right. and Aunt Vice Standing. Am
trying to get this straight and identified properly very soon I think
this is incorrect the one above is correct.....LDP 6-17-99 |
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to view larger photo
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.THE
STORY OF LORENZO DOW
By Myra
Vanderpool Gormley, C.G.(c) 1997,
He was a large, raw-boned man, stopped-shoulder,
with a beard reaching to the middle of his body, his hair loose and
flowing to his shoulders. He was an uneducated man and some thought
him insane, but many Americans named sons for him. The name was
Lorenzo Dow. Wyatt Earp, one of the personalities at the Gunfight at
OK Corral, had a paternal uncle, born in 1809 in North Carolina,
named for him. In fact, the name of Lorenzo Dow is found in many
families. Dow was born in 1777 in Connecticut,of English ancestors,
and died in Washington, D.C., in 1837. During his 57 years, he spent
39 of them in the ministry and traveled in every state, Canada,
England, Ireland and Wales. His only child was born in Ireland and
died in England. He began as a Methodist, but was never
officially accepted by them. He first visited Ireland in 1799 where he
was jeered and persecuted. He returned the following year to America
and preached in New York, Alabama and Kentucky. In 1805 he revisited
both Ireland and England, where he instituted the camp meeting.
This custom was such an innovation that it led to controversy,
resulting in the organization of the Primitive Methodists in England.
While Dow was generally looked upon as an eccentric, it is also said
that he was singularly pious, Self-sacrificing, zealous, laborious and
useful as a wandering evangelist. He asked no pecuniary
compensation for his services. Sometimes he would sell his watch and
use the funds to aid a poor Community in the erection of a place for
public worship. He would sell his own clothes to raise a few dollars
to pay his expenses through the Indian Nations or elsewhere, that he
might promptly meet all his speaking engagements, which were often
published a year or more beforehand. No doubt many of our ancestors,
particularly those who lived in Kentucky, Virginia, the Carolinas,
Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, heard him speak in camp
meetings. Others may have read some of his books, as he was a
voluminous writer also. It is said that he was powerful orator but
awakened much controversy and serious thought. ``Holistic Methodism,''
by R.N. Price, which was published in 1906, provides a great deal
of information about Lorenzo Dow. You may be able to obtain a copy of
this book via interlibrary loan. Many names found upon our genealogy
charts reflect our ancestors' admiration for ministers, military
heroes and politicians as well as a beloved neighbor. It is easy to
recognize many of these -- GeorgeWashington, Thomas Jefferson, Francis
Marion, Abraham Lincoln and Robert E. Lee -- but you may have to dig a
bit deeper in the history of the locality where your ancestors resided
or expand your research into the events happening at a particular time
in order to determine for whom a child was named. A good example
is the origin of Wyatt Earp's given names. His father, Nicholas Earp,
served in the
Mexican War as a sergeant in Captain Wyatt Berry Stapp's company
of Illinois Mounted Volunteers and named his son Wyatt Berry in
honor of his captain. 1997 Written by Previously published by Julia M.
Case and Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG, Missing Links: A Weekly
Newsletter for Genealogists, Vol. 3, No. 48, 27 November 1998. You may
visit the MISSING LINKS Web page at <https://sites.rootsweb.com/~mlnews/index.htm>. |
Due to the early deaths
of both Margaret Woody (1855) and Merritt Woody (1857) it was
necessary for the four youngest children to stay with relatives until
they were grown or be placed in an orphanage. Per the 1860 census of
Pulaski Co MO they were residing in the home of Charles N. Finley,
their oldest brother's Father-in-law. No further records of their
places of residence or activities have been found to date (1998).
My dad finally let me take this photo to scan after asking for a couple of
years!!. This photo was taken
at the Force Farm/Ranch in Eric Oklahoma. My Grandfather's brother Allen had
the original and gave
this (Colored) Copy to my dad in the 1970's. I am very glad they
preserved it. Part of the photo was
damaged, the above is what was salvageable. I am trying to Locate the other
original.
WHY WAS LD PIERCE CALLED PEGLEG??
HERE IS THE STORY:
In his early life in Johnson County (year undetermined) LD
had gone to a barn
dance with friends on horseback to play fiddle at the dance.
On the way back
to Goatneck--(after drinking much with some of his friends)
they came upon
the train passing by. His friends urged him to beat the
train--made bets
possibly. He tried to cross in front of the train, got hit
and got his leg cut
off. Eventually wearing a wooden leg or Peg Leg. After the
accident he was
not that mad about losing the horse, or the saddle, or
his leg!!
But he was furious about ruining the Fiddle!! Date of the
Accident is unknown. I have always
been told this
accident was written about in both the Cleburne and Fort
Worth TX
newspapers, but I have not been able to verify that
yet.
Goat Neck
to 1836
by Herbert E Blackstock
Johnson County History book
After the War
Between the States, a few settlers began to settle in the area that is
part of Hill County. Some of the former plantation owners from the
eastern southern states were the first to settle the area. LD Pierce
came with his former slaves, settled on a tract of land near a big bend
on the Brazos in the western part of the area. On this tract of land was
a big bluff. There were overhanging rocks that made a shelter. LD
Pierce's former slaves lived in the shelter of that bluff. LD Pierce
built a log house on a hill overlooking his farm. The log house had a
large auger drilled through the walls, and the holes were used as a
window for firing rifles. The Log house is still standing , although it
has had more rooms made of lumber added to it. (editor�s note: this log
cabin was torn down in 1996) It has also been plastered over the logs.
Clem Pierce established a large cattle ranch in the eastern part of the
area, Beginning at Barnard's Mill and over to Ham Creek running in a
northerly direction in a fan shape. It included several hundred acres of
land. The ranch has been cut up into smaller ranches including the
Klondike and Gatewood (owned by Floyd Ormsby) and some still owned by
the Pierce Heirs. After the area called Goatneck because part of Johnson
County, Frank Long, then sheriff, found a dead man on the Clem Pierce
Ranch under a stack of hay. There is an old ranch house still standing
on the old Pierce Ranch. It may be the second house built by Clem
Pierce. (Editor note: this building has since burned) On the LD Pierce
farm is the Pierce family Cemetery. .......... |
click on small photo to view larger photo
click here More photos of log cabin
The Pierce Log Cabin at
GoatNeck Cleburne, Johnson Co. TX the Peabody's bought the property from
the Pierces or Bertha Force--and Mrs. Peabody of Ft Worth TX gave me this
photo. She was born on the Pierce ranch and live there many
years. The Pierce Homestead was called the Peabody Place in the
1920-60's. I have some photos she gave me on the GoatNeck TX Page. Now
its still called " The Old Pierce Place"
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GoatNeck 1878 to 1905
The area called
Goatneck became well settled by farmers during the late 1800's
and early 1900's. It was during that era that the Settlers petitioned the
Commissioners Court of Johnson County that the area be annexed to Johnson
County. The Commissioners hearing asked for a description of the area. It was
described by one of the men present at the hearing. After giving all the bends
in the course of the Brazos River He said,
"It is just the shape of a goat's neck" So the area has been called Goatneck
since. Herbert Blackstock "Dee
Peterson, Goat Neck's oldest resident at 83, states that Goat Neck got its name
during the legal transfer of the area from Hill to Johnson County. Clem
Pierce, one of the early settlers of the area, was asked to describe the piece
of land for one of the legal documents necessary to transfer. According to
Legend:
He said: "It's just a little ole' goat's neck out in the cedar brakes along the
river." The name stuck and goat's neck eventually became Goat Neck.:" written
by: Steve Bell Johnson County History Book
Goatneck has had it share of tragedies and disasters through the years.......One
of LD Pierce�s sons was murdered and thrown into a hand dug well near
Pierce's House. In the 1880's a man by the name of Crane was found
murdered on the Clem Pierce Ranch. Mr. Shaw accused of murder, was tried,
convicted and
hanged for the crime. He claimed he was innocent till the very last.
By: Herbert Blackstock
Lorenzo D (L.D.) Pierce is buried in Old Hansford Cemetery, Hansford ., TX, with
his wife Ora Finley. 1st Wife: Susannah Lott Pluckett Pierce was
born December 10, 1850, and died April 03, 1884 in Bosque County, Buried in
Kimball Cemetery. She married Lorenzo Dow Pierce, son of Andrew J Pierce and
Nancy E. Abercrombie.. She had a first husband- Andrew Pluckett-desceased. She
is buried at Brazos river crossing-Kimball Bend, Bosque County, TX.
Kimball Cemetery is located on highway 174, Bosque County, TX. Tombstone
reads: "PIERCE, SUSANNAH LOTT
w/o L.D. PIERCE- "By Her Mother"; DEC. 10, 1850-APR. 3, 1884"
The cemetery at the old town of Kimball on the Brazos River was relocated by the
U.S. Army Corps of E ngineers in 1950 when the dam for Lake Whitney was being
built. A total of 639 graves were moved, 420 of which were unknown. The
new location is three miles west on Highway 174. Since then, many more burials
have been added in this new cemetery. Other smaller cemeteries were re-interred
in this enclosure, such as Powell and Allen Bend, originally in Bosque
County. Poque Cemetery, originally in Hill County, is also now in this
one. The cemetery Association has an all day gathering to work in the cemetery
the second Saturday of June. Copied by Rebecca Radde and Jeanne Owen in March
1985.
Misc
Notes-LD- PIERCE- OCT-1- 2012.pdf |
Children of Lorenzo
Pierce and
Aqua Ora Finley
Are:
(March 9, 2000 all
children of LD & Ora have their own pages-Click on their Names)
Photos are gradually being added to their pages also. If have have photos I can
copy call me!!
+ 1 i.
Sally4 Pierce, born 1898 Indian Territory OK ; died April 03, 1930 in Spearman
TX.
+ 2 ii.
George Taylor Pierce, born Indian Territory OK (Hennepin) born July 23, 1899; died 1980 in Alice, Jim
Wells Co., TX.
+ 3 iii.
Lorenzo D (L.D.II) Pierce, born March 16, 1895 in Cleburne TX Johnson
County; died June 16, 1971 in Spearman, Hansford Co., TX buried in Old
Hansford Cemetery.
4 iv.
Clem Pierce, born 1893 in Cleburne TX Johnson County; died 1957.He
married Winnie Dacus.
1930 census Hansford Clem Pierce Precinct 4, Hansford, TX abt 1894
Texas Head Winnie F Pierce Precinct 4, Hansford, TX abt 1903 Wife
Clovis New Mexico Evening News Journal , February 8, 1937 Clem
Pierce of Arch was admitted Sunday for removal..
5 v.
Felix Diaz Pierce, died 1945 in WWII. He married (1) Della Faye
Koontz. He married (2) Ruby Womack.
+ 6 vi.
Visa Lou Pierce, born October 04, 1891 in Indian Territory. died
March 1985 in Luling TX. She Married Compton.
+ 7 vii.
Allen Mansel Pierce, born February 12, 1901 in Cleburne, Johnson Co.,
TX; died May 09, 1987 in Spearman, Hansford Co., TX.
+ 8 viii.
Susan (Susie) Pierce, born June 17, 1904 in Cleburne, Johnson Co., TX;
died December 08, 1978 in Amarillo Potter Co., TX buried Memorial Park
Amarillo TX.
+9 Viii Unknown-
Son Killed and thrown down well on Pierce Ranch
Notes for Felix Diaz Pierce:
My
Great grandfather's (LD Pierce)
2ND
wife was A
FINLEY. Her
name was Aqua Ora Finley. She were descended from John and Mary
Wright Finley.Our family knew little about her as stated on Peg Leg Pierce
page. I had been told several stories about her, nothing concrete.
My Cousin Mary Lee Crew did find a written genealogy from her mother Susie
Pierce Dacus that stated that Ora's father was a John Finley, and
mother was Fanny Wright. Laura's census work mentioned below shows the
same, and Ora's mother as a Mary F Finley. (F for Fanny??)
July 1 1999 I was contacted by a woman named Laura Willis Rivard of
Wichita Falls Tx. She found me and my email address and telephone
number on the Johnson County TX Genweb Page. She had been looking into the
Finley family for several years and had determined that her
grandmother Laura Finely had a sister who had married LD Pierce of
Cleburne and Johnson County TX. She sent me census records and such today
Aug 4, 1999. We finally have contact with the Finley's again after
60 years!
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Ancestors
of Aqua Ora Finley Pierce
Descendents of John Finley and
Mary Fanny Wright
Descendants of
John F Finley
1 John F Finley/
+Mary Fanny Wright
......... 2 Aqua
Ora Finley 1867 - 1929
............. +Lorenzo Dow Pierce 1856 - 1923
......... 2 Laura Louella Finley 1858 - 1913
............. +James Jessie Willis - 1901
.................... 3 Jessie Walter Willis 1893 -
........................ +Alberta Cowart 1894 - 1979
......... *2nd Husband of Laura Louella Finley:
............. +?? Ray. She was buried as Laura Ray.
......... 2 Mary E Finley
......... 2 Chapel G Finley
......... 2 Jefferson Finley
........ 2 Napoleon Finley
......... 2 Sarah Finley
........ 2 Lula Finley 1869
LD PIERCE SENIOR PIERCE BIOGRAPHY AND FAMILY INFO
ELECTRONIC PDF GENEALOGY BOOK
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LD
Pierce named after Lorenzo Dowell
famous Holistic Methodism Preacher 1820's
visit the original page for this information
Lorenzo Dow Pages
Denton Genealogy Pages
Sue Montgomery wrote this web page about Lorenzo Dow
visit her Denton Genealogy Pages!
LD'S
NOTES
ON LORENZO DOWELL (PegLeg) FAMILY MEMBERS
Primarily Info regarding children of son LD Pierce Jr, and
Biography of son Allen Pierce
Lorenzo D4 Pierce My Grandfather
(L.D.)3,(AndrewJackson2,
Reuben1)
Jimmie Francis Scott my Grandmother
Uncle
Allen Pierce Biography My Great Uncle
Aunt
Susie Dacus Allen Pierce Biography My Great Aunt
Aunt
Visa Compton Biography My Great Aunt
Aunt
Salley Fisher Biography My Great Aunt
Valney "Chunk"
Fisher" is the oldest living descendent of
Andrew Jackson Pierce as of July 1 1999.
We are wanting to contact Rockey Clark
son of Valney's half-brother Harbert Clark.
Uncle
George Taylor Pierce Descendents My Great Uncle
Have not succeeded in getting much information from this part of
the family.
Dowell Pierce ordered a book, and talked to Allen Pierce's kids
but never got any forms back.
Have written Florence Kale in Athens TX several times but
received nothing back.
Sent Clem Pierce an older version of the book heard nothing back.
Irving promised to send
me some stuff and have not heard form him Either. Call Bill
Pierce today and left message.
Talked to Florence Kale, and sending her another letter.
Maybe we will get something done on
this family yet!!
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Children of Andrew Jackson Pierce family group sheet.
Johnson County History
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Johnson County on
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and TX Panhandle Links Page
1920 census hansford county texas name: | Loranza Pierce | residence: | , Hansford, Texas | estimated birth year: | 1855 | age: | 65 | birthplace: | Georgia | relationship to head of household: | Self | gender: | Male | race: | White | marital status: | Married | father's birthplace: | Georgia | mother's birthplace: | Georgia | film number: | 1821805 | digital folder number: | 4390951 | image number: | 00523 | sheet number: | 1 | | Household | Gender | Age | Birthplace | self | Loranza Pierce | M | 65y | Georgia | wife | Ara Pierce | F | 56y | Texas | son | Clenn Pierce | M | 27y | Texas | son | L D Pierce | M | 24y | Texas | son | George Pierce | M | 22y | Texas | son | Allen Pierce | M | 18y | Texas | dau | Susie Pierce | F | 15y | Texas | son | Felix Pierce | M | 8y2m | Texas |
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