Michael Murphrey1

M, ID# 3951
  • Last Edited: 6 Apr 1995

Citations

  1. [S68] James M. Creech, letter to Mary Jo Deaver, 20 Jun 1981 (provided by Pat Gaines, 29 May 1982).

Elizabeth Hampton1

F, ID# 3952
  • Last Edited: 6 Apr 1995

Citations

  1. [S68] James M. Creech, letter to Mary Jo Deaver, 20 Jun 1981 (provided by Pat Gaines, 29 May 1982).

Thomas Hampton1

M, ID# 3953, d. 1703
  • Note*: He was her first husband.
  • Last Edited: 6 Apr 1995

Citations

  1. [S68] James M. Creech, letter to Mary Jo Deaver, 20 Jun 1981 (provided by Pat Gaines, 29 May 1982).

Elizabeth Brydell1

F, ID# 3954, d. 1747
  • Last Edited: 6 Apr 1995

Citations

  1. [S68] James M. Creech, letter to Mary Jo Deaver, 20 Jun 1981 (provided by Pat Gaines, 29 May 1982).

William Murphrey1

M, ID# 3955
  • Last Edited: 6 Apr 1995

Citations

  1. [S68] James M. Creech, letter to Mary Jo Deaver, 20 Jun 1981 (provided by Pat Gaines, 29 May 1982).

Margaret Perkins1

F, ID# 3956
  • Last Edited: 6 Apr 1995

Citations

  1. [S68] James M. Creech, letter to Mary Jo Deaver, 20 Jun 1981 (provided by Pat Gaines, 29 May 1982).

Edward Perkins1

M, ID# 3957
  • Last Edited: 6 Apr 1995

Citations

  1. [S68] James M. Creech, letter to Mary Jo Deaver, 20 Jun 1981 (provided by Pat Gaines, 29 May 1982).

Hon. Benjamin Harrison1

M, ID# 3958, b. 1673, d. 10 April 1710
  • Last Edited: 8 Jan 1998

Family: Elizabeth Burwell b. 1677, d. 1734

Citations

  1. [S68] James M. Creech, letter to Mary Jo Deaver, 20 Jun 1981 (provided by Pat Gaines, 29 May 1982).

Benjamin Harrison1

M, ID# 3959
  • Last Edited: 6 Apr 1995

Family: Hannah Churchill

Citations

  1. [S68] James M. Creech, letter to Mary Jo Deaver, 20 Jun 1981 (provided by Pat Gaines, 29 May 1982).

Hannah Churchill1

F, ID# 3960
  • Last Edited: 6 Apr 1995

Family: Benjamin Harrison

Citations

  1. [S68] James M. Creech, letter to Mary Jo Deaver, 20 Jun 1981 (provided by Pat Gaines, 29 May 1982).

Elizabeth Burwell1

F, ID# 3961, b. 1677, d. 1734
  • Last Edited: 8 Jan 1998

Family: Hon. Benjamin Harrison b. 1673, d. 10 Apr 1710

Citations

  1. [S68] James M. Creech, letter to Mary Jo Deaver, 20 Jun 1981 (provided by Pat Gaines, 29 May 1982).

Maj. Lewis Burwell Jr.1

M, ID# 3962, b. circa 1653, d. 19 December 1710
  • Last Edited: 6 Apr 1995

Family: Abigail Smith b. 11 Mar 1656, d. 12 Nov 1692

Citations

  1. [S68] James M. Creech, letter to Mary Jo Deaver, 20 Jun 1981 (provided by Pat Gaines, 29 May 1982).

Abigail Smith1

F, ID# 3963, b. 11 March 1656, d. 12 November 1692
  • Note*: She was his first wife.
  • Last Edited: 6 Apr 1995

Family: Maj. Lewis Burwell Jr. b. c 1653, d. 19 Dec 1710

Citations

  1. [S68] James M. Creech, letter to Mary Jo Deaver, 20 Jun 1981 (provided by Pat Gaines, 29 May 1982).

Anthony Smith

M, ID# 3964
  • Last Edited: 6 Apr 1995

Family: Martha Bacon

Martha Bacon1

F, ID# 3965
  • Last Edited: 6 Apr 1995

Family: Anthony Smith

Citations

  1. [S68] James M. Creech, letter to Mary Jo Deaver, 20 Jun 1981 (provided by Pat Gaines, 29 May 1982).

Maj. Lewis Burwell1

M, ID# 3966, b. 1 March 1621, d. 19 November 1653
  • Marriage*: He married Lucy Higginson, daughter of Capt. _____ Higginson.
  • Baptism*: Maj. Lewis Burwell was baptized on 1 March 1621.
  • Death*: He died on 19 November 1653 at age 32.
  • Last Edited: 6 Apr 1995

Family: Lucy Higginson d. 16 Nov 1675

Citations

  1. [S68] James M. Creech, letter to Mary Jo Deaver, 20 Jun 1981 (provided by Pat Gaines, 29 May 1982).

Lucy Higginson1

F, ID# 3967, d. 16 November 1675
  • Last Edited: 6 Apr 1995

Family: Maj. Lewis Burwell b. 1 Mar 1621, d. 19 Nov 1653

Citations

  1. [S68] James M. Creech, letter to Mary Jo Deaver, 20 Jun 1981 (provided by Pat Gaines, 29 May 1982).

Capt. _____ Higginson1

M, ID# 3968
  • Last Edited: 6 Apr 1995

Family:

Citations

  1. [S68] James M. Creech, letter to Mary Jo Deaver, 20 Jun 1981 (provided by Pat Gaines, 29 May 1982).

Edward Burwell1

M, ID# 3969
  • Last Edited: 6 Apr 1995

Family: Dorothy Bedell

Citations

  1. [S68] James M. Creech, letter to Mary Jo Deaver, 20 Jun 1981 (provided by Pat Gaines, 29 May 1982).

Dorothy Bedell1

F, ID# 3970
  • Last Edited: 6 Apr 1995

Family: Edward Burwell

Citations

  1. [S68] James M. Creech, letter to Mary Jo Deaver, 20 Jun 1981 (provided by Pat Gaines, 29 May 1982).

William Bedell1

M, ID# 3971
  • Last Edited: 6 Apr 1995

Family:

Citations

  1. [S68] James M. Creech, letter to Mary Jo Deaver, 20 Jun 1981 (provided by Pat Gaines, 29 May 1982).

Rev. James Bacon1

M, ID# 3972
  • Last Edited: 6 Apr 1995

Citations

  1. [S68] James M. Creech, letter to Mary Jo Deaver, 20 Jun 1981 (provided by Pat Gaines, 29 May 1982).

Martha Woodward1

F, ID# 3973
  • Last Edited: 6 Apr 1995

Citations

  1. [S68] James M. Creech, letter to Mary Jo Deaver, 20 Jun 1981 (provided by Pat Gaines, 29 May 1982).

George Woodward1

M, ID# 3974
  • Last Edited: 6 Apr 1995

Family:

Citations

  1. [S68] James M. Creech, letter to Mary Jo Deaver, 20 Jun 1981 (provided by Pat Gaines, 29 May 1982).

Sir James Bacon1

M, ID# 3975, d. 17 January 1618
  • Death*: He died on 17 January 1618.
  • Last Edited: 6 Apr 1995

Citations

  1. [S68] James M. Creech, letter to Mary Jo Deaver, 20 Jun 1981 (provided by Pat Gaines, 29 May 1982).

James Bacon Ald.1

M, ID# 3976
  • Last Edited: 6 Apr 1995

Family:

Citations

  1. [S68] James M. Creech, letter to Mary Jo Deaver, 20 Jun 1981 (provided by Pat Gaines, 29 May 1982).

Francis Brydell1

M, ID# 3977, d. 1712
  • Marriage*: He married Mary Gale.
  • Death*: He died in 1712.
  • Last Edited: 6 Apr 1995

Family: Mary Gale

Citations

  1. [S68] James M. Creech, letter to Mary Jo Deaver, 20 Jun 1981 (provided by Pat Gaines, 29 May 1982).

Mary Gale1

F, ID# 3978
  • Last Edited: 6 Apr 1995

Family: Francis Brydell d. 1712

Citations

  1. [S68] James M. Creech, letter to Mary Jo Deaver, 20 Jun 1981 (provided by Pat Gaines, 29 May 1982).

Dr. _____ Reid

M, ID# 3979
  • Note*: He was from Monroe County, Georgia.1
  • Last Edited: 12 Apr 1997

Family:

Citations

  1. [S69] Wayne M. Harris, "A. W. Meredith Family," in The History of Van Zandt County, Texas (Wills Point, Tex.: Van Zandt County Gen. Soc'y, 1984), pp. 360-61.
  2. [S69] Wayne M. Harris, "A. W. Meredith Family," above (naming "Dr. Reid" as her father).

Judge J. N. Easterling

M, ID# 3980, b. 21 April 1841, d. 30 August 1887
  • Last Edited: 6 Jan 2007

Family: Georgia Ann Reid b. 2 Sep 1825, d. 5 Mar 1918

Citations

  1. [S487] Athens (Tex.) City Cemetery, online at http://tinyurl.com/OldAthens, (giving his name as J. M. Easterling).
  2. [S69] Wayne M. Harris, "A. W. Meredith Family," in The History of Van Zandt County, Texas (Wills Point, Tex.: Van Zandt County Gen. Soc'y, 1984), pp. 360-61.
  3. [S487] Athens (Tex.) City Cemetery, online at http://tinyurl.com/OldAthens
  4. [S69] Wayne M. Harris, "A. W. Meredith Family," above (naming Judge J. N. Easterling as his father).
  5. [S69] Wayne M. Harris, "A. W. Meredith Family," above (naming Judge J. N. Easterling as her father).

J. T. Meredith

M, ID# 3981, b. 4 May 1851, d. 24 October 1911
  • Note*: He served as county surveyor of Henderson County, Texas in 1908-1910.4
  • Last Edited: 3 Mar 2007

Citations

  1. [S69] Wayne M. Harris, "A. W. Meredith Family," in The History of Van Zandt County, Texas (Wills Point, Tex.: Van Zandt County Gen. Soc'y, 1984), pp. 360-61 (naming Cyrus Bolivar Meredith as his father).
  2. [S69] Wayne M. Harris, "A. W. Meredith Family," above (naming Georgia Reid as his mother).
  3. [S487] Athens (Tex.) City Cemetery, online at http://tinyurl.com/OldAthens, viewed on 6 Jan 2007.
  4. [S1136] J. J. Faulk, History of Henderson County, Texas (n.p.: n.pub., 1929), p. 145.

_____ Meredith

F, ID# 3982
  • Last Edited: 10 Jul 1999

Family: T. M. Graham

Citations

  1. [S69] Wayne M. Harris, "A. W. Meredith Family," in The History of Van Zandt County, Texas (Wills Point, Tex.: Van Zandt County Gen. Soc'y, 1984), pp. 360-61 (naming Cyrus Bolivar Meredith as her father).
  2. [S69] Wayne M. Harris, "A. W. Meredith Family," above (naming Georgia Reid as her mother).
  3. [S69] Wayne M. Harris, "A. W. Meredith Family," above.

T. M. Graham

M, ID# 3983
  • Last Edited: 12 Apr 1997

Citations

  1. [S69] Wayne M. Harris, "A. W. Meredith Family," in The History of Van Zandt County, Texas (Wills Point, Tex.: Van Zandt County Gen. Soc'y, 1984), pp. 360-61.

Dr. A. H. Easterling

M, ID# 3984
  • Last Edited: 10 Jul 1999

Citations

  1. [S69] Wayne M. Harris, "A. W. Meredith Family," in The History of Van Zandt County, Texas (Wills Point, Tex.: Van Zandt County Gen. Soc'y, 1984), pp. 360-61 (naming Judge J. N. Easterling as his father).
  2. [S69] Wayne M. Harris, "A. W. Meredith Family," above (naming Georgia Reid as his mother).

_____ Easterling

F, ID# 3985
  • Last Edited: 10 Jul 1999

Citations

  1. [S69] Wayne M. Harris, "A. W. Meredith Family," in The History of Van Zandt County, Texas (Wills Point, Tex.: Van Zandt County Gen. Soc'y, 1984), pp. 360-61 (naming Judge J. N. Easterling as her father).
  2. [S69] Wayne M. Harris, "A. W. Meredith Family," above (naming Georgia Reid as his mother).
  3. [S69] Wayne M. Harris, "A. W. Meredith Family," above.

John A. Murchison

M, ID# 3986
  • Last Edited: 12 Apr 1997

Citations

  1. [S69] Wayne M. Harris, "A. W. Meredith Family," in The History of Van Zandt County, Texas (Wills Point, Tex.: Van Zandt County Gen. Soc'y, 1984), pp. 360-61.

Roy Banta

M, ID# 3987, b. 27 March 1896, d. 7 November 1971
  • Note*: He was a PFC in the U.S. Army in World War I.1
  • Last Edited: 24 Feb 1998

Family: Ada Belle Provence b. 1 Sep 1909, d. 4 Dec 1993

Citations

  1. [S236] Photograph of grave marker provided by Charles O. Richardson, Jr., accompanying letter to Roger Bartlett, 14 Apr 1997.
  2. [S312] Social Security Death Index, online at http://tinyurl.com/AncestrySSDI, viewed on 24 Feb 1998.
  3. [S74] Carmen Majors, "Thomas King Provence, Sr.," in The History of Van Zandt County, Texas (Wills Point, Tex.: Van Zandt County Gen. Soc'y, 1984), pp. 398-99 (spelling his name as Banto).
  4. [S11] Index to Texas Death Records (Austin, Tex.: Tex. Dept. of Health, Bur. of Vital Statistics), typescript 1971, vol. 1, p. 72, file 83471. These bound documents were available in the Texas State Library, Austin, Texas.
  5. [S236] Photograph of grave marker provided by Charles O. Richardson, Jr. on 14 Apr 1997, above (giving only the date).
  6. [S312] Social Security Death Index, online at http://tinyurl.com/AncestrySSDI, viewed on 24 Feb 1998 (stating that he died in Nov 1971; not naming the place of death but stating that he lived in Canton, Texas when he died).

Thomas Mayberry Randolph

M, ID# 3988, b. 5 May 1907, d. 23 March 1986
  • Note*: He served in the U.S. Army in World War II.1
  • Last Edited: 1 Apr 1998

Family: Pamelia Jane Harris b. 9 May 1911, d. 1 Sep 1987

Citations

  1. [S236] Photograph of grave marker provided by Charles O. Richardson, Jr., accompanying letter to Roger Bartlett, 14 Apr 1997.
  2. [S312] Social Security Death Index, online at http://tinyurl.com/AncestrySSDI, viewed on 1 Apr 1998.
  3. [S72] Wayne M. Harris, "James A. Harris Family," in The History of Van Zandt County, Texas (Wills Point, Tex.: Van Zandt County Gen. Soc'y, 1984), pp. 278-79.
  4. [S69] Wayne M. Harris, "A. W. Meredith Family," in The History of Van Zandt County, Texas (Wills Point, Tex.: Van Zandt County Gen. Soc'y, 1984), pp. 360-61.
  5. [S312] Social Security Death Index, online at http://tinyurl.com/AncestrySSDI, viewed on 1 Apr 1998 (stating that he died in Mar 1986; not naming the place of death but stating that he lived in Canton, Texas when he died).

Lizabeth Adelaide Wade

F, ID# 3989, b. 24 June 1914, d. 25 November 1979
  • Last Edited: 6 Apr 1998

Family:

Citations

  1. [S69] Wayne M. Harris, "A. W. Meredith Family," in The History of Van Zandt County, Texas (Wills Point, Tex.: Van Zandt County Gen. Soc'y, 1984), pp. 360-61 (giving only the year and not naming the place).
  2. [S72] Wayne M. Harris, "James A. Harris Family," in The History of Van Zandt County, Texas (Wills Point, Tex.: Van Zandt County Gen. Soc'y, 1984), pp. 278-79 (giving only the year and not naming the place).
  3. [S171] Index to Texas Delayed Certificates of Birth Filed Subsequent to January 1, 1960, 1-300,000 (Austin, Tex.: Tex. Dept. of Health, Bur. of Vital Statistics, 1975), vol. 11, p. 5008, file 232510 (giving only the month and year).
  4. [S172] Van Zandt County, Texas Cemeteries, Book 3 (Canton, Tex.: Friends for Historic Preservation, 1987), p. 95 (giving only the date).
  5. [S312] Social Security Death Index, online at http://tinyurl.com/AncestrySSDI, viewed on 6 Apr 1998 (giving only the date).
  6. [S11] Index to Texas Death Records (Austin, Tex.: Tex. Dept. of Health, Bur. of Vital Statistics), typescript 1979 (microfiche), p. 739, file 102185-79. These bound documents were available in the Texas State Library, Austin, Texas.
  7. [S312] Social Security Death Index, online at http://tinyurl.com/AncestrySSDI, viewed on 6 Apr 1998 (stating that she died in Nov 1979; not naming the place of death but stating that she lived in Canton, Texas when she died).
  8. [S172] Van Zandt County, Texas Cemeteries, Book 3, above, p. 95.
  9. [S72] Wayne M. Harris, "James A. Harris Family," above (naming Lizabeth Wade as his mother).

Arnold Easton White

M, ID# 3994, b. 1918, d. 7 October 1953
  • Note*: He was from Ann Arbor, Michigan and died of bulbar polio while living in Detroit.3
  • Last Edited: 4 Oct 2012

Family: Waynie Meredith Greer b. 6 Aug 1921, d. 6 Sep 2012

Citations

  1. [S69] Wayne M. Harris, "A. W. Meredith Family," in The History of Van Zandt County, Texas (Wills Point, Tex.: Van Zandt County Gen. Soc'y, 1984), pp. 360-61.
  2. [S69] Wayne M. Harris, "A. W. Meredith Family," above (giving his name as Arnold White and not giving the date or place).
  3. [S124] Austin American-Statesman, Austin, Tex., 9 Sep 2012, p. B4, col. 3 (obituary of Waynie Meredith Greer White).
  4. [S69] Wayne M. Harris, "A. W. Meredith Family," above (giving the year but no other information).

Juanita Adams

F, ID# 3995, b. 19 February 1895, d. 21 July 1979
  • Last Edited: 25 Apr 1999

Family: James Graham Meredith b. 27 Apr 1894, d. 28 Oct 1968

Citations

  1. [S312] Social Security Death Index, online at http://tinyurl.com/AncestrySSDI, viewed on 24 Feb 1998.
  2. [S69] Wayne M. Harris, "A. W. Meredith Family," in The History of Van Zandt County, Texas (Wills Point, Tex.: Van Zandt County Gen. Soc'y, 1984), pp. 360-61.
  3. [S11] Index to Texas Death Records (Austin, Tex.: Tex. Dept. of Health, Bur. of Vital Statistics), typescript 1979 (microfiche), p. 1181, file 50765-79. These bound documents were available in the Texas State Library, Austin, Texas.
  4. [S69] Wayne M. Harris, "A. W. Meredith Family," above (giving only the year and not naming the place).
  5. [S312] Social Security Death Index, online at http://tinyurl.com/AncestrySSDI, viewed on 24 Feb 1998 (stating that she died in Jul 1979; not naming the place of death but stating that she lived in Dallas, Texas when she died).

Kenneth Lamar Mills1

M, ID# 3996, b. 1909, d. 24 August 1965
  • Last Edited: 16 Aug 2013

Family: Ollie Marie Kellis b. 15 Jan 1914, d. 26 Oct 2002

Citations

  1. [S71] B. G. Foster, "James Harvey Mills," in The History of Van Zandt County, Texas (Wills Point, Tex.: Van Zandt County Gen. Soc'y, 1984).
  2. [S784] Crypt marker, Laurel Land Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
  3. [S570] Handwritten notes on Rusk and Kellis families, by Ollie Marie Mills, undated (copy obtained 17 Apr 2000 by Roger Bartlett from Ollie Marie Mills, Austin, Texas).
  4. [S924] Marriage Records, 1932-1950, Van Zandt County, Texas (Wills Point, Tex.: Van Zandt County Gen. Soc'y, 2002), pp. 150, 378 (citing Van Zandt Co., Tex. Marriage Records, bk. 14, p. 600).

Ollie Marie Kellis

F, ID# 3997, b. 15 January 1914, d. 26 October 2002
  • Last Edited: 19 May 2021

Family: Kenneth Lamar Mills b. 1909, d. 24 Aug 1965

Citations

  1. [S570] Handwritten notes on Rusk and Kellis families, by Ollie Marie Mills, undated (copy obtained 17 Apr 2000 by Roger Bartlett from Ollie Marie Mills, Austin, Texas).
  2. [S312] Social Security Death Index, online at http://tinyurl.com/AncestrySSDI, viewed on 26 Dec 2003.
  3. [S924] Marriage Records, 1932-1950, Van Zandt County, Texas (Wills Point, Tex.: Van Zandt County Gen. Soc'y, 2002), pp. 150, 378 (citing Van Zandt Co., Tex. Marriage Records, bk. 14, p. 600).
  4. [S442] Personal knowledge of Roger A. Bartlett.
  5. [S312] Social Security Death Index, online at http://tinyurl.com/AncestrySSDI, viewed on 26 Dec 2003 (not naming the place of death but stating that she lived in Austin, Tex. when she died).

James Milton Mills1

M, ID# 3998, b. 11 November 1877, d. 6 March 1944

Mills family, circa 1890. Back: James Harvey Mills, Mary May Virginia Mills, and Rufus E. Lee Mills. Front: John Jacob Mills, Maudie Mills, Mary Missouri Samuel Mills, and James Milton Mills.

Additional Resources

• His Find A Grave memorial, which includes a picture of his gravestone, is here.
  • Last Edited: 6 Oct 2018

Family: Nettie Ielia Gunn b. 20 Feb 1879, d. 22 Mar 1960

Citations

  1. [S71] B. G. Foster, "James Harvey Mills," in The History of Van Zandt County, Texas (Wills Point, Tex.: Van Zandt County Gen. Soc'y, 1984).
  2. [S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for James Milton Mills, memorial no. 168580101, viewed on 6 Oct 2018.
  3. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for James Milton Mills, memorial no. 168580101, viewed on 6 Oct 2018 (not giving the date).
  4. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Nettie Irene Gunn Mills, memorial no. 168479484, viewed on 6 Oct 2018 (not giving the date).

Nettie Ielia Gunn1

F, ID# 3999, b. 20 February 1879, d. 22 March 1960

Additional Resources

• Her Find A Grave memorial, which includes pictures of her gravestone and her death certificate, is here.
  • Last Edited: 6 Oct 2018

Family: James Milton Mills b. 11 Nov 1877, d. 6 Mar 1944

Citations

  1. [S71] B. G. Foster, "James Harvey Mills," in The History of Van Zandt County, Texas (Wills Point, Tex.: Van Zandt County Gen. Soc'y, 1984).
  2. [S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for Nettie Irene Gunn Mills, memorial no. 168479484, viewed on 6 Oct 2018.
  3. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for James Milton Mills, memorial no. 168580101, viewed on 6 Oct 2018 (not giving the date).
  4. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Nettie Irene Gunn Mills, memorial no. 168479484, viewed on 6 Oct 2018 (not giving the date).