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Lonestar Bound "P"
John's family consisted of Elizabeth nee' Higgins, and the remains of their nine children; Elizabeth R. remained in Cape and apparently never married, Thomas Benton, John Perry d. young in Cape, Samuel F. died young in Missouri, Emaline Narcissa, Mary Jane, Phillemon Higgins, Lodosky Elizina and Warren Speagle.
Samuel's family is less known to me, and as best as I can find the family all died in the 1850's. there is simply no trace of them anywhere, and very little is known about them. Samuel's wife was Margaret Higgins, sister to Elizabeth. Margaret died in Cape and Samuel, as far as I can find, did not remarry. I am waiting for his land grant record, as it lists heirs and then I shall know a little more about them. Samuel's children are only known by their initials from the 1850 census, and from the tombstones for his family in Cape. they are; Willim C. died in Cape, M, (Margaret?), C. E. and L. E., all females, and Perry.
Samuel received a land grant in Denton and I assume John lived with him. in my research it seems to me that John and Samuel are inseperable-where one is, so is the other. Samuel is in the 1852 tax records for Denton Co., but there is no trace of him or his family afterwards.
Jonathan and Elizabeth are buried in Denton, I am told most likely where the man made lake is, now. their children, by small groups, all removed to Tulare Co., California. descendants of these people are now scattered through-out the 50 states, though not in all of the states. they still reside in many of the larger cities in California, but are also known to be in Oregon, Florida and Georgia.
as a young, single woman, Mary Jane Peyton went overland by stage to California, getting off in San Pedro, California. it is not told how she went from San Pedro to Visalia. her husband, Francis Lee Collins of Madison Co., Texas, came to California by ship, crossing the Panama isthmus on foot. he boarded a freighter who's captain was unlicensed and the poor navigation sent the ship out to sea instead if following the coast. when the ship finally arrived, most of the crew and the captain were alive, but 400+ passengers had died from lack of water and malnutrition as the boat was poorly stocked with rations. Francis, a man and his wife and their two daughters were the only survivors. after their recovery from their ordeal, Francis, who had heard of successful cattle raising in the Sacramento Valley, made his way up the Sacramento River by paddle boat and stopped first in Fresno and then traveled on to Tulare. there he found the land to his liking and a lady even more to his liking, Mary Jane Peyton. they were married on 19 Feb 1859 in Tule River, and settled in Visalia.
Francis and Mary Jane are my great great grandparents.
I find it interesting to note that Jonathan was a Physician, as was Francis' brother, Louis, and it is said that Francis and Louis' father, William J. Collins, was one, as well.
PFANNSTIEL, Justus
One brother, Eli moved to Bruce, Mississippi and carried my
great grand father and uncle with him and his family, creating the Phlegm's Plantation there. Among the female slaves was a young mother with two children, Moses seven and Ben was five. Her name was Malindy Washington. On that trip by foot, Grandmother Malindy and Albert became
inseparable. She took to Grandfather Albert because her grief was so great, as Master Phlegm had sold little Benjamin to the Childress Plantation in South Carolina, un-
known to Grandmother Malindy. Until he was placed into a second wagon that indicated that he was not coming to Texas with her. The wagons went their separate ways, with the cries of her son lingering in her memories, until her death in 1915. Grandmother Malindy, never saw Ben again.
After some years in Bruce, Mississippi the Master made the decision to move to Texas. However he died before the trip began, but the slaves who were already selected to go onto
Texas werw sold. They entered Texas and settled in an area, near present day Camilia, TX.
Grandfather and Grandmother jumped the broom and had twelve
children, thirteen with Moses. Their youngest son Will, be-
came my grandfather. John was killed on the Karnes' Plantation, due to his refusal to be submissive to the new
over-seer. Alber's and John's father was full African, who
could not speak English very well and he was called Power.
The information given to me about the White Phlegms, was by a great-grand son of Louis Phlegm, who had changed his sur- name spelling to Flem.
Consequently, all the Phlegms that are of African-American decent is descended from Albert and Melindy. The numbers
keep on growing including the Washingtons. The last family reunion produced three hundred fifty participants.
We have made contact with the descendents of Benjamin, the
youngest son that was sold to the plantation in South Carolina. My sister, Merlie was fortunate to meet an old
Black female, who remembered her grandfather speaking of his
grandfather being sold to the Childress Plantation when he
was very young, with his mother and brother being sold to
a man from Texas. She still carried the Washington name, and
was delighted to share our family story. At the time she and
my sister met, she had resided in Akens, South Carolina for all of her adult life.
After slavery was abolished, the family went back to Bruce,
Mississippi to find Malindy's parents, Chase and Patient
Washington. Her father's brother, brother's and sister, also joined Albert and John's sister, Eliza in following her brother and his family back to Texas. They could not return to Texas, until my Grandfather Will was born, with Grand-mother Malindy being sound enough to make the long journey back to Texas on feet.
Presently, their male and female descendents have partici- pated in various branches of the Armed Forces, taught school through-out the country, and often speak of the hardships placed on our ancestors those many years ago,
that inspired us all to excel in our education,professions, and family unity. Their six generation-decendent is about to be the first within the family to receive double doctoral degrees, which is a long way from that fateful journey into Texas in the early 1840's.
Pierson, John Goodloe Warren
"J.G.W." John Goodloe Warren Pierson (1795-1849), the first son of John and Elizabeth Warren Pierson was born in Union County, Kentucky. At the age of twenty three, he married 15 January 1815 to Purity Ruffin PENNINGTON. She was born 17 December 1799 in Christian County, Kentucky and was the daughter of Isaac Pennington. They had the following three children: Celia Emeline Pierson (1815-1850), John Hogue Pierson (1817-1867) and Isaac Pennington Pierson (1820-1843).
Celia Emeline Pierson(1815-1850) was born in October 1815 in Kentucky and died in Houston County, Texas in 1850. She was married about 1829 in Nacogdoches, Texas to Jonathan Cochran Pool, a Texas pioneer. The couple had the following six children: Braxton M. Pool (1831-after 1849), Franklin G. Pool (1832-1880), William S. Pool (1835- ), Emeline Pool (1837- ), Jonathan Pool (1843- ), and Travis Richard Pool (1845-1908.
John Hogue Pierson was born in Kentucky 17 April 1817 and died about 1867 in Falls County, Texas. He married in Grimes County, Texas in 1843 to Nancy Hutcherson. He enlisted in the Civil War, but returned home after becoming ill.
Isaac Pennington Pierson, born 8 July 1820 in Kentucky died 22 January 1843 while riding his father’s race horse.
After the death of his wife Purity, J.G.W. Pierson left Kentucky with some of his friends and relatives including his three children and son-in-law, Jonathan Pool and headed westward. He settled at Pecan Point, then Miller County, Arkansas now Red River County, Texas where he became acquainted with and married in late 1826 to Elizabeth Montgomery, the daughter of William Montgomery and "Polly" James, an aunt of the outlaw brothers, Jesse and Frank James. That same year J.G.W. Pierson became County Surveyor and in 1828, he was elected Justice of the Peace The couple had a son, William Montgomery Pierson (1827- ) while living at Pecan Point.
William Montgomery Pierson, son of J.G. W. and Elizabeth was born 13 November 1827 at Pecan Point, Miller County, Arkansas and married in Grimes County, Texas to Matilda Smith after 1850.
In 1829, J.G.W. moved his family to Nacogdoches, Texas where he was a surveyor in the Edwards Colony for two years and another son, Andrew Van Buren Pierson (1830- ) was born.
Andrew Van Buren Pierson was born 15 February 1830 in Nacogdoches, Texas. He married the sister of his brother’s wife, Sophronia Smith. They had no children.
In October 1831, J.G.W. moved the family to San Felipe where on 05 December 1832 he applied for admittance to Stephen F. Austin’s colony. J.G.W. Pierson became chief surveyor and second in command of Sterling C. Robertson’s colony in 1833 after living first at Montgomery Prairie and later became the first settler of the present town of Stoneham, Grimes County, Texas. He took a group of settlers from around Stoneham and Montgomery Prairie when he went to the capital of Robertson’s colony near the Falls of the Brazos. Andrew and John Montgomery were with Pierson’s group and they helped him with the surveying duties. They were paid land grants in payment.
It was at Independence where his daughter Elizabeth Pierson was born and his wife Elizabeth Montgomery died in childbirth 15 September 1833. Elizabeth Montgomery Pierson is buried in the old Stoneham Cemetery. Elizabeth Pierson married Etheldred Tarver.
Sterling Clark Robertson, Empressario of the Nashville Colony appointed John Goodloe Warren Pierson as his attorney and Surveyor General of his colony. J.G. W. waged a legal battle for two years with the Mexican Government, Stephen F. Austin and Samuel M. Williams over the Nashville Colony’s contract for settlement in Texas. Austin’s claim was overturned and Robertson’s claim was honored. Pierson surveyed the town-site of Sarahville de Viesca at the Falls of the Brazos and laid out the town.
In 1835, John Goodloe Warren Pierson married Mrs. Narcissa Cartwright Slatter and in November of the same year, he was elected and served as delegate of the General Consultation of San Felipe and was appointed Secretary of the Council. He received the appointment of aide-de-camp for the Texas Army, recruiting men for military service and procuring equipment. It was 03 Jun 1836 when he moved his family to High Point, Grimes County, Texas from de Viesca so that they were safer. While in Grimes County, Pierson farmed, operated a store, and raised livestock including fine horses and even built a racetrack while he served also as Captain of the Cavalry for the Republic of Texas. He lived at High Point until after 1850 when he returned to Falls County.
Mexico started trouble again in 1842, disputing the Rio Grande River as the border between the Republic of Texas and Mexico. Captain Pierson, along with twenty-seven men that he recruited as volunteers joined with other companies and with over three hundred men, on 22 December 1842, traveled to Mier, Mexico. Of these three hundred men, one hundred and twenty-six were taken prisoners. Santa Anna ordered that one in ten of these prisoners be shot. To determine the victims, white and black beans were drawn by the prisoners. Those who drew black beans were shot. The result was the execution of seventeen men. The others, including Pierson who had drawn the white beans were marched to Santiago, Mexico City to prison when Pierson became ill. He was unable to go with the others but was transferred later to Perot Prison near Vera Cruz with the others. After two years of confinement, the entire surviving group was released on 16 September 1844. The Mier Expedition into Mexico and the drawing of black and white beans is referred to as the "Lottery for Life" or "The Black Bean Episode".
J.G.W. Pierson and Narcissa Cartwright Pierson had three sons. They were Willaford Cartwright Pierson, Benjamin Almary Pierson, and Edmond G. Pierson.
Willaford Cartwright Pierson was born 18 December 1836 in Grimes County, Texas and died 09 January 1846 in Grimes County, Texas Benjamin Almary Pierson was born 18 May 1840 in Grimes County, Texas. Benjamin married in 1879 to Mary Isabella Jones who was born 26 Aug 1842 and died 12 August 1900. He was a merchant in Cedar Springs. Benjamin died 31 Jan 1905 in Falls County, Texas and is buried in Cedar Springs Cemetery.
Edmund G. Pierson was born 08 May 1847 in Grimes County, Texas. He married Lucy Gray and they had two children before she died. He married 2nd to Martha Emma Montgomery who was born 31 Jul 1855. She was the daughter of John Montgomery of Canada and Maria from England. Edmund and Martha had nine children. He was a surveyor in Falls County. Edmund G. Pierson died 21 Mar 1929 in Marlin, Falls County, Texas. Martha Emma Montgomery Pierson died 16 May 1930 in Marlin, Texas.
John Goodloe Warren Pierson died 07 May 1849 near Stonehom, Grimes County, Texas 1795-1849. He died without a will and when his estate was probated, he owned 20,000 acres of land in three counties. He not only had a large personal estate but he was due back pay for his military service and imprisonment. A sum of $2,273.00 was finally approved by the State and paid to his heirs in 1852.
After the death of J.G.W., Narcissa Cartwright Slatter Pierson married a third time to Thomas Roberts, born 17 October 1817 in Tennessee. They had three children: Susan Roberts born 1852, Thomas Roberts, Jr. born 1853, and Matilda Roberts born 1857. Thomas Roberts died 17 January 1874 at Cedar Springs, Falls County, Texas. Narcissa died 05 January 1897. They are both buried in the Cedar Springs Cemetery.
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