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> Malindy
>
> Malindy fell way down deep in love
> With a mountain boy she knew.
> But it was quite the proper thing
> As she was mountain too.
>
> She hastened home to tell her Pap
> That shortly she would wed
> One likely Mr. Rufus Brown,
> When Pap looked up and said,
>
> No, honeychile, you cain't do that
> You'll have to find another.
> Don't tell your Ma but Rufus Brown
> Is sorta your half-brother.
>
> Malindy shed a few tears
> and slowly went her way
> And soon she met another boy
> And hastened home to say,
>
> Now, Pap, I'll marry that Smith boy
> Who lives on down the street.
> He ain't got no bad habits
> And he dresses mighty neat.
>
> But Pap, he slowly shook his head,
> And looked across to Mother
> And whispered now, you cain't do that.
> That Smith boy's also your half-brother.
>
> Then Malindy, she forgot her oath
> And blurted out to Mother
> Pap says I cain't marry Rufus Brown
> Cause he's my half-brother.
>
> Then when I loved that Bobby Smith,
> Although it sounds like treason,
> Pap says I cannot marry him
> For just that same old reason.
>
> Then Ma says, Honeychile, don't cry.
> Put on your weddin' cap
> And marry either one you want.
> You ain't no kin to Pap!
>
>
>
> ==== KISSINGCOUSINS Mailing List ====
> My kissing cousins are also my missing cousins
>
119-24, PROBATE MINUTES OF
CHEROKEE COUNTY, TEXAS FILED: AUGUST 30, 1832
RECORDED: VOL. "C"
THE STATE OF TEXAS
CHEROKEE COUNTY IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN:
I JOHN BASS OF THE COUNTY OF CHEROKEE AND STATE OF TEXAS, BEING OF SOUND MIND AND DISPOSING MEMORY DO MAKE THIS MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT AS FOWLERS.
FIRST, I DECLARE THAT ALL OF MY JUST DEBTS AND FUNERAL EXPENSES BE PAID AND SECOND, I GIVE AND BEQUEATH TO MY BELOVED WIFE, MARY BASS FOR AND DURING HER NATURAL LIFE, ALL THE PROPERTY AND ESTATE WHICH I MAY OWN AT THE TIME OF MY DECEASE OF WHATEVER THE SAME MAY CONSIST REAL ESTATE, SLAVES ALL PERSONAL PROPERTY AND DEBTS AND DEMANDS DUE ME AND MY WIFE MARY BASS SHALL BE ENTITLED ON MY DECEASE TO THE IMMEDIATE POSSESSION OF MY ESTATE EXCEPT SO MUCH AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO PAY MY DEBTS AND FUNERAL EXPENSES AND SHALL HOLD USE AND ENJOY THE SAME DURING HER NATURAL LIFE AND AFTER THE DECEASE OF MY WIFE, IT IS MY WILL AND I DO BEQUEATH MY ESTATE AS FOLFLOWS:
TO ELIZABETH CHEEK, WIFE OF WM. CHEEK, I GIVE AND BEQUEATH A CERTAIN TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED IN CHEROKEE COUNTY BEING A PARAT OF THE TRACT ON WHICH I NOW RESIDE.
BEGINNING AT THE NOR WEST CORNER OF SAID TRACT, RUNNING THENCE EASSSST ON THE NORTH BOUNDARY OF SAID TRACT OTO A BRANCH SUPPOSED TO BE EIGHTY RODS;
THENCE SOUTH WITH SAID BRANCH ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY RODS, MORE OR LESS TO THE MOUTH OF A HOLLOW RUNNING FROM THE FIELD WHERE WILLIAM CHEEK NOW LIVES;
THENCE WEST SUPPOSE EIGHTY RODS TO THE ORIGINAL LINE;
THENCE NORTH TO THE BEGINNING, CONTAINING ONE HUNDRED ACRES, MORE OR LESS.
ALSO GIVE AND BEQUEATH TO SAID ELIZABETH CHEEK A NEGRO GIRL, CAROLINE AND THE FIRST CHILD OF SAID GIRL CAROLINE. I GIVE TO MARTHA B. CHEEK, OLDEST DAUGHTER OF ELIZABETH AND WILLIAM CHEEK, THE BALANCE OF THE INCREASE OF SAID NEGRO GIRL, I GIVE TO THE SAID ELIZABETH CHEEK.
TO THE SAID ELIZABETH CHEEK AND TO THE HEIRS OF HER BODY FOREVER. SHOULD THE SAID ELIZABETH CHEEK DEPARAT THIS LIFE BEFORE THE DECEASE OF MY WIFE, THEN I DESIRE THAT THE PROPERTY ABOVE BEQUEATHED TO HER, SHALL GO TO THE HEIRS OF HER BODY. AND IN THE EVENT OF THE DEATH OF ALL OF SAID HEIRS BEFORE TWENTY ONE YEARS OF AGE OR MARRIAGE, THEN SAID PROPERTY SHALL GO TO THE BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF THE SAID ELIZABETH CHEEK OR THEIR DECENDANTS. I GIVE AND BEQUEATH TO MARGARET J. PARTLOW WIFE OF WILLIAM C. PARTLOW TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY ACRES OF LAND SITUATE
IN CHEROKEE COUNTY, TO BE TAKEN OFF OF THE NORTH SIDE AND SECTION AND
TRACT ON WHICH THE SAID WILLIAM C. PARTLOW AND MARGARET J. PARTLOW NOW RESIDE. AND IN THE EVENT THAT MY TITLE TO SAID LAND SHOULD NOT PROVE GOOD AND VALID, THEN I GIVE AND BEQUEATH TO THE SAID MARGARET J. PARTLOW AND TO THE HEIRS OF HER BODY, TWO HUNDRED ACRES OF LAND TO BE TAKEN OFF OF THE TRACT UPON WHICH I NOW RESIDE.
BEGINNING AT THE BRANCH THE LINE OF THE TRACT ABOVE BEQUEATH TO ELIZABETH CHEEK:
THENCE SOUTH WITH SAID BRANCH A SUFFICIENT DISTANCE THAT A LINE DUE EAST TO THE EAST BOUNDARY OF THE ORIGINAL SURVEY AND NORTH TO THE NORTH EAST CORNER OF SAID TRACT, AND (PG.264
THENCE WEST WITH THE NORTH BOUNDARY OF SAID TRAFT TO THE BEGINNING SHALL INCLUDE THE QUANTUM OF TWO HUNDRED ACRES. I ALSO GIVE AND BEQUEATH TO THE SAID MARGARET J. PARTLOW AND TO THE HEIRS OF HER BODY
A NEGRO GIRL JANE AND HER INCREASE AND A NEGRO BOY NAMED MARK, SLAVES FOR LIVE. AND IN THE EVENT THAT THE SAID MARGARET J. PARTLOW SHOULD EPART THIS LIFE BEFORE THE DECEASE OF MY WIFE, THEN I DESIRE THAT THE PROPERTY ABOVE BEQUEATHED TO HER SHALL GO TO THE HEIRS OF HER BODY OR TO THE SURVIVOR OF THEM AND IN CASE OF THE DECEASE OF ALL OF THE CHILDREN BEFORE THEY SHALL ARRIVE AT TWENTY ONE YEARS OR MARRIAGE, THEN I DESIRE THAT THE PROPERTY ABOVE BEQUEATHED TO THE SAID MARGARET J. PARTLOW SHALL GO TO THE BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND THEIR DECENDANTS.
I GIVE AND BEQUEATH TO JAMES K. POLK DYE A NEGRO BOY NAMED DALLAS. ALSO
A NEGRO GIRL NAMED SARAH AND HER INCREASE. ALSO TWO HUNDRED ACRES OF LAND A PART OF THE TRACT UPON WHICH I NOW LIVE.
BEGINNING AT THE BRANCH AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE TRACT OF TWO
HUNDRED ACRES ABOVE GIVEN AND BEQUEATHED TO THE SAID MARGARET J. PARTLOW;
THENCE SOUTH WITH SAID BRANCH;
THENCE EAST ACROSS STO THE ORIGINAL TRACT;
THENCE NORTH TO THE SOUTH EAST CORNER OF THE LAND ABOVE GIVEN TO THE SAID MARGARET J. PARTLOW;
THENCE WEST TO THE BEGINNING INCLUDING THE TWO HUNDRED ACRES. SHOULD THE SAID THESAID JAMES K. POLK DYE DEPART THIS LIFE BEFORE HE ARRIVES AT TWENTY ONE YEARS OF AGE OR BEFORE HIS MARRIAGE THEN I DESIRE,THEN I
DESIRE THE PROPERTY ABOVE BEQUEATHED TO THE JAMES K. POLK DYE SHALL GO TO AND I GIVE THE SAME TO HIS BROTHERS AND AND SISTERS, THE CHILDREN IF
MOTHER, MAARGARET J. PARTLOW. (PAGE 265)
I GIVE AND BEQUEATH TO HENRY TALEAFERRO CLICK, A NEGRO BOY NAMED ZAC A SLAVE FOR LIFE AND ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY ACRES OF LAND OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE TRACT OF SIX HUNDRED AND FORTY ACRES ON WHICH WILLIAM G. PARTLOW AND MARGARET J. PARTLOW NOW RESIDES. I GIVE AND BEQUEATH TO MY BROTHER WILLIS BASS A NEGROY BOY MOSE A SLAVE FOR LIVE AND ONE HUNDRED ACRES OF LAND OFF OF THE SOUTH BOUNDARY OF THE LAND
UPON WHICH I NOW LIVE AND WHICH IS ADJOINING THE LAND OF MY BROTHERS WILLIS BASS.
I GIVE TO MY NEPHEW AQUILLA PIERCE ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS TO BE PAID TO HIM WHEN MY ESTATE SHALL BE DEVIDED AMONY MY LEGATEES AFTER THE DECEASE OF MY WIFE.
ALL THE RESIDUE OF MY ESTATE OF WHATEVER DESCRIPTION REAL AND PERSONAL, I GIVE AND BEQUEATH EQUALLY TO JOHN CLICK, LEVINA DODSON,
MARY HARDIN, PERNITIA TARRANT, HARRISON CLICK, MARATHA CLICK, JAMES
ANDREW CLICK, ALL THE CHILDREN OF HENRY CLICK AND ELIZABETH CLICK AND
IN THE EVENT THAT ANY OF THE LEGATEES LAST ABOVE NAMED SHOULD DEPART THIS LIFE BEFORE MARRIAGE OR BEFORE THEY ARE TWENTY ONE YEARS OF AGE, THEN THE PORTION TO WHICH THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN ENTITLED TO, SHALL BE DEVIDED AMONG THE SURSVIVORS AND IF THE SLAVES CANNOT BE DEVIDED WITHOUT SALE THEN THEY ARE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH OR ON TIME AS TO MY EXECUTORS SHALL SEEM MOST FOR THE ADVANTAGE OF THE LEGATEES, THE SALE TO BE AT PUBLIC AUCTION AND THE PROCEEDS TO BE DIVIDED. DICK AND HIS
WIFE SINA SHALL NOT BE SEPARATED BUT SOLD TOGETHER. I DESIRE THAT MY DEBTS AND FUNERAL EXPENSES AND FUNERAL EXPENSES AND COST OF ATTENDING THE EXECUTION OF MY WILL SHALL BE PAID FIRST OUT OF THE DEBTS AND
CLAIMS DUE ME AND THE SURPLUS OF THE CROP THAT MAY BE ON HAND, AND SHOULD THIS NOT BE SUFFICIENT NEXT TO SELL MY NEGRO MAN ABRAHAM.
THE SALE TO BE AT PUBLIC AUCTION OR AT PRIVATE SALE FOR CASH OR ON TIME AS TO MY EXECUTORS SHALL SEEM MOST FO THE ADVANTAGE OF MY ESTATE.
(END OF PAGE 266)
I SHALL DESIRE THAT NO OTHER ACTION SHALL BE HAD IN THE COUNTY COURT
IN REGARD, AND RELATION TAO THE SETTLEMENT OF MY ESTATE, THEN THE
PROBATE AND REGISTRATION OF THIS MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT AND THE RETURN AND RECORD OF THE INVENTORY OF MY ESTATE, AND DESIRE THAT
MY EXECUTORS SHALL GIVE PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE DISTRIBUTION
OF MY ESTATE TO THE ABOVE MENTIONED LEGATEES AS SOON AFTER THE
DECEASE OF MY WIFE AS THE SAME MAY CONVENIENTLY BE DONE AND TO
EFFECT A DIVISION. SHOULD SALE BE NECESSARY MY EXECUTORS SHALL GIVE
NOTICE OF THE TIME AND PLACE OF THE INTENDED SALE FOR AT LEAST TWENTY
DAYS PRECEDING THE SAME, AND TO BE SOLD FOR CASH OR ON TIME AS ABOVE STATED. I APPOINT HENRY CLICK AND STOCKTON P. DONLEY EXECUTORS OF
THIS MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT THAT MAY HAVE BEEN HERETOFORE MADE
BY ME.
IN TESTIMONY OF WHICH I DO SIGN MY NAME HERETO AND DELIVER AND
PUBLISH THIS MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT HEREBY REVOKING ALL OTHER
WILLS AND TESTAMENTS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN HERETOFORE MADE BY ME.
IN TESTIMONY OF WHICH I DO SIGN MY NAME HERETO AND DELIVER AND PUBLISH THIS MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT IN THE PRESENCE OF THE ATTESTING WITNESSES, CONSTANTON DODSON, LEWIS H. GIDEON, WILLIAM A. DUNNING, GEORGE W. LANE, THIS THE ELEVENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY A.D. ONE THOUSAND
EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY TWO. THIS WILL ENTIRE BEING WRITTEN UPON SIX
PAGES.
ATATEST: CONSTANT DODSON JOHN BASS
LEWIS H. GIDEON,
W. A. MANNINE
G. W. LANE
CLERKS NOTE. ON THE ORIGINAL WILL AND ON THE 5TH PAGE BETWEEN THE 7TH AND 8 LINES THE WORDS ("TO BE DEVIDED IS INTERLINED. ALSO ON THE 6TH PAGE AND ON THE 8TH LINE THE WORD (HERETO) IS USED.
.PROOF OF WILL ..
THE STATE OF TEXAS, CHEROKEE COUNTY: LESIS H. GIDEON, GEORGE W. LAND
AND W. A. LANNING BEING DULY SWORN UPON THEIR OATHS DO SOLEMNLY
SWEAR THAT AT THE REQUEST OF AND IN THE PRESENCE OF JOHN BASS, NOW
DECEASED, LATE OF THE COUNTY OF CHEROKEE AND STATE OF TEXAS, THEY
SIGNED THE ANNEXED WRITTEN INSTRUMENT THAT THEY WERE PRESEENT
AND SAW THE SAID JOHN BASS SIGN THE SAME IN TWO SEVERAL PLACES, THAT
THEY SIGNED AS WITNESS OF THE SEVERAL SHEETS SIGNED BY THE SAID JOHN
BASS, AND THAT THE SAID JOHN BASS ACKNOWLEDGED AND PUBLISHED THE
SAME AS HIS LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT IN THEIR PRESENCE. AND THAT THE
SAID JOHN BASS AT THE TIME OF SIGNING AND PUBLISHING SAID WILL WAS OF
SOUND MIND AND DISPOSING MEMORY. AFFIANTS FURTHER STATES THAT THE
SAID WILL WAS CAREFULLY READ TO SAID BASS IN THEIR PRESENCE BEFORE HE SIGNED THE SAME.
LESIS H. GIDEON
W. A. DUNNING
G. W. LANE
SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED BEFORE ME IN THE OPEN COURT THIS 30TH AUGUST
A.D. 1852, I,G, WIIDAKKM CKJ, CI, CIYRTM C. C.
.CODICIL .
FILED THE 30 AUGUST 1852
STATE OF TEXAS AN_ COUNTY OF CHEROKEE: KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: THAT I JOHN BASS BEING IN MY PROPPER MIND DO REVOKE ONE HUNDRED ACRES OF LAND, THE PORTION I WILLED TO WILLIS BASS IN MY LAST WILL AND
TESTAMENT. I WILL THE SAME TO HARRISON CLICK.
WHARE UNTO I DO SET MY HAND AND SEAL THIS AUGUST 9, 1852.
ATTEST: R.H. BROYLES JOHN BASS
D.H. MYERS (HIS MARK AND SEAL)
D. H. MYERS BEING DULY SWORN ON HIS OATH SAYS THAT HE WAS PRESENT AND SAW JOHN BASS NOW DECEASED, LATE (END OF PAGE 268)
NOTE FROM HELEN: I BELIEVE THERE WERE ONLY TWO WORDS ON THE LAST
PAGE AND THEY WERE (CHEROKEE COUNTY). I DID NOT DEEM IT NECESSARY
TO PAY AN EXTRA $1.00 FOR THOSE TWO WORDS ON THE LAST PAGE.
BY SENDING THIS TO YOU AND MAYBE GETTING IT ON THE INTERNET, IT IS
BELIEVED THAT HENRY TALIFERRIO CLICK WAS BURIED IN THE OLD BAPTIST
CEMETERY BY HIS BELOVED WIFE ELIZABETH. THIS IS PROOF THAT HE WAS
STILL LIVING IN LARISSA BY JOHN BASS AT THE TIME JOHN BASS WAS DECEASED.
MG-ORD # 9690
COMMUNITY ESTATE OF ---BOND AND OATH---
JOHN CLICK, DEC'D & DATED: NOVEMBER 18, 1872
SARAH L CLICK FILED: NOVEMBER 19, 1872
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF
CHEROKEE COUNTY, TEXAS
(COPIED FROM ORIGINAL)
BOX # 61
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THE STATE OF TEXAS IN DISTRICT COURT PERTAINING
CHEROKEE COUNTY TO ESTATES. NOV. TERM 1872
TO ALL WHOM THESE PRESENTS MAY COME----GREETING:
KNOW YE, THAT SARAH L. CLICK AS PRINCIPAL JOHN H. BEATY AND G. W. TAYLOR AS SECURITIES ARE HELD AND FIRMLY BOUND UNTO THE DISTRICT CLERK OF CHEROKEE COUNTY IN THE SUM OF SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY FIVE DOLLARS FOR THE PAYMENT OF WHICH WELL AND TRULY TO BE MADE UNTO THE DISTRICT CLERK, WE BIND OURSELVES, OUR HEIRS, EXECUTORS, AND ADMINISTRATORS, JOINT AND SEVERALLY, FIRMLY BY THESE PRESENTS,SIGNED WITH OUR HANDS AND SCRAWLS FOR SEALS THE 18TH OF NOVEMBER 1872-
THE CONDITION OF THE ABOVE OBLIGATION IS SUCH THAT WHEREAS THE ABOVE FOUND SARAH L.
CLICK, HAS BEEN APPOINTED, AND ORDERED TO MANAGE, CONTROL AND DISPOSE OF THE COMMUNITY ESTATE OF HERSELF AND DEC'D HUSBAND, JOHN CLICK---
NOW IF THE SAID SARAH L. CLICK SHALL FAITHFULLY ADMINISTER THE ABOVE NAMED ESTATE AND PAY OVER OUR HALF THE SURPLUS AFTER THE PAYMENT OF THE DEBTS AND EXPENSES WITH WHICH THE WHOLE IS PROPERLY CHARGEABLE TO SUCH PERSON OR PERSONS AS SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RECV IT, THEN THIS OBLIGATION TO BE NULL & VOID, OTHERWISE TO REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT.
APPROVED AND ORDERED TO BE S.L. CLICK (SEAL)
RECORDED THIS THE 18TH DAY JOHN W. BEATY (SEAL)
DAY OF NOVR 1872 GEO W. TAYLOR (SEAL)
W L BYRD, CDC
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THE STATE OF TEXAS
CHEROKEE COUNTY
I SARAH L. CLICK DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, THAT JOHN CLICK THE DECEASED, DIED WITHOUT LEAVING ANY LAWFUL WILL SO FAR AS I KNOW OR BELIEVE, AND THAT I WILL WELL AND TRULY PERFORM ALL THE DUTIES OF ADM OF THE COMMUNITY ESTATE OF MYSELF & JOHN CLICK DEC'D UNDER THE LAW IN WUCH CASES MADE & PROVIDENCE
SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED S.L. CLICK
BEFORE ME THE 18 NOV 1872
W L BYRD, CDC
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COMMUNITY ESTATE OF JOHN CLICK DEC'D APPLICATION FOR ORDER TO MANAGE,
& SARAH L. CLICK CONTROLL & DISPOSE OF PROPERTY:
DATED: NOVEMBER TERM, 1872
FILED: NOVEMBER 19, 1872 IN THE DISTRICT
BOX # 61 COURT OF CHEROKEE COUNTY, TEXAS
THE STATE OF TEXAS IN DISTRICT COURT
CHEROKEE COUNTY, NOV. T. 1872
TO THE HON. M. PRIEST, JUDGE OF THE 4TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
YOUR PETITIONER SARAH L. CLICK, CITIZEN OF SAID COUNTY WOULD STATE THAT SHE IS THE WIDOW OF JOHN CLICK LATE OF THE COUNTY AND STATE AFORESAID
THAT AT THE TIME THE SAID JOHN CLICK DIED HE AND YOUR PETITIONER HAD AND HELD SOME REAL & PERSONAL PROPERTY THAT YOUR PETITIONER HAS SOME 7 CHILDREN &
THAT SHE HEREWITH PRESENTS AND FILES IN THE COURT AN INVENTORY AND BOND AS TO THE COMMUNITY PROPERTY BELONGING TO THE SAID JOHN CLICK AND YOUR PETITIONER
SHE DOES THIS FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONTROLING THE COMMUNITY ESTATES PROVIDED BY THE STAATUTE
SHE PRAYS THAT SHE MAY BE PERMITTED TO FILE THE SAME & CONTROL THE PROPERTY & SHE WILL EVER PRAY.
SARAH L. CLICK
GUINN & GREGG, ATTYS FOR
PETITIONER.
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COMMUNITY ESTATE OF INVENTORY & APPRAISEMENT
JOHN CLICK DEC'D DATED: NOVEMBER TERM 1872
FILED: NOVEMBER 19, 1872
SARAH L. CLICK IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF
CHEROKEE COUNTY, TEXAS
BOX 61 (COPIED FROM THE ORIGINAL)
THE STATE OF TEXAS IN DISTRICT COURT
CHEROKEE COUNTY NOV. TERM 1872
THE THE UNDERSIGNED APPRAISERS APPOINTED BY SARAH L. CLICK ADMX OF THE COMMUNITY ESTATE OF HERSELF AND HER DEC'D HUSBAND JOHN CLICK, MAKE THE FOLLOWING APPRAISEMENT OF THE COMMUNITY PROPERTY POINTED OUT TO US BY SAID SARAH L. CLICK AND WE ON OATH SAY THAT WE ARE NOT INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE NOR OF KIN TO ANY PERSON INTERESTED THEREIN, AND THAT WILL TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY VIEW AND APPRAISE THE PERSONAL PROPERTY TO US PRODUCED AND THE REAL PROPERTY DESCSRIBED IN THE INVENTORY, AND THAT THE AMOUNT SET OPPOSITE EACH ARTICLE IS ITS APPRAISED VALUE.
109 ACRES LAND PART OF H. ADDISON HD RIGHT IN JOHNSON COUNTY-$436.00
68 ACRES IN SAID COUNTY PATENTED TO SAMUEL FIELD ASSINNEE-$272.00
100 ACRES IN CHEROKEE COUNTY-$700.00
HOMESTEAD:
1 SORREL MULE, 9 YEARS OLD-$100.00
1 WAGON, 4 HORSE WAGON-$75.00
8 HD CATTLE-$40.00
9 HD HOGS-$22.00
TOTAL $1,645.00
JOHN W. BEATY
GEO. W. TAYLOR, APPRAISERS.
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COMMUNITY ESTATE OF JOHN & ELIZABETH CLICK DOCKET ENTRIES
DATED:
FILED: 1872
VOL.A 144
PROBATE DOCKET, CHEROKEE
COUNTY, TEXAS
COMMUNITY ESTATE OF JOHN & ELIZABETH __________________ FILED 1872
ELIZABETH CLICK, ADMX.
NOV.T. 72, 30TH, INVENTORY OF COMMUNITY ESTATE FILED AND APPROVED.
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SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED BEFORE ME THE 18 NOV. 1872
W. L. BYRD, CDC
THE STATE OF TEXAS
CHEROKEE COUNTY
PERSONALLY APPEARED BEFORE ME THE UNDERSIGNED AUTHORITY, THIS DAY SARAH L. CLICK THE PERSON MENTIONED IN THE FOREGOING APPRAISEMENT & INVENTORY WHO ARE BEING BY ME DULY SWORN ON OATH SAYS, THAT IT IS A FULL AND COMPLETE INVENTORY, AND DESCRIPTION OF ALL THE REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY &C THERE BEING NO EVIDENCES OF DEBT, AND THAT SHE WAS NOT BOUND TO THE DECEASED IN ANY CONTRACT AT THE TIME OF DEATH.
SARAH L. CLICK
SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED BEFORE ME THE 18 NOVE 1872.
W.L. BYRD, CDC
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COMMUNITY ESTATE OF ORDER OF COURT APPROVING
INVENTORY:
JOHN CLICK, DEC'D. & DATED: NOV. TERM 1873
SARAH L. CLICK FILED:
RECORDED: VOL. A, PAGE 105
PROBATE MINUTES OF CHEROKEE
COUNTY, TEXAS
---------------
IN THE MATTERS PERTAING TO THE ESTATE OF JOHN & SARAH L. CLICK.
IT IS ORDERED BY THE COURT THAT THE INVENTORY & APPRAISEMENT OF THE COMMUNITY PROPERTY BELONGING TO THE ESTATES OF JOHN CLICK DEC'D AND SARAH L CLICK SURVING
WIDOW FILED IN THIS COURT BY HER AT THE NOV TERM 1872 OF THE DISTRICT COURT BE AND THE SAME IS APPROVED AND ORDERED TO BE RECORDED.
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JULY 24, 1982
DEAR HELEN:
I RECEIVED THE BOOK (CHURCH MINUTES THAT I FOUND IN THE BAPTIST SEMINARY
PROBABLY IN THE 1980'S) AND STAYED UP HALF OF THE NIGHT READING. IT SURE LOOKS TO ME THAT HENRY CLICK DIED IN 1872. HE COMPLETELY DISAPPEARS FROM RECORDS.
I ALSO FOUND MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER WHO DIED IN 1859-BOTH GEORGE AND MARY HILL DIED THE SAME YEAR. I KNEW HIS DEATH DATE BUT NOT HERS. IT WILL TAKE ME DAYS TO STUDY AND DECIPHER IT ALL.
HELEN I AM SENDING SOME COPIES FROM ROCKBRIDGE CO. VA. HISTORY. BY THE DATES YOU CAN SEE THAT MICHAEL DIDN'T APPEAR UNTIL 1782 AS THE HEAD OF THE HOUSEHOLD AND OUR JOHN WAS BORN IN 1760 IN VIRGINIA. I AM INCLINED TO BELIEVE THAT MATHIAS IS JOHN'S FATHER AND THE OTHER MEN ARE JOHN'S BROTHERS. ALSO, THE JACOB CLICK IN AUGUSTA COUNTY IN 1764 AND JOHN GLICK MAYBE COULD BE BROTHERS OF MATHIAS.
I SENT A COPY OF JOHN'S REV. WAR RECORD TO A FELLOW IN WASHINGTON D. C. MAYBE HE WILL BE ABLE TO HELP US. WILL LET YOU KNOW WHAT HE HAS TO SAY.
I HOPE YOU RECEIVE THIS BEFORE VISITING BILLY FUSSELL. I AM ANXIOUS TO HEAR WHAT HE HAS TO SAY ABOUT THE CLICKS AND THEIR CONNECTIONS.
THANKS FOR ALL THE HELP, I AM GETTING TOGETHER A LETTER OF WHAT I THINK AND WILL GET IT IN THE MAIL SOON. SINCERELY, BLANCHE.
(I HAVE LOST CONTACT WITH THIS LADY. HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO LOCATE HER SINCE
THIS LETTER. SHE HAD DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH ON THE CLICKS).
BLESSINGS, HELEN.
THERE COULD BE SOME CONFUSION WITH THE NOTE PRIOR TO THIS ONE IN REGARDS TO THE NOTE PRIOR TO THIS ONE.
MARRIAAGE RECORD OF CHEROKEE COUNTY, TEXAS 1884-1890 VOLLUME I I
THIS IS FROM A MARRIAGE BOOK THAT I PURCHASED AND HAVE HERE AT HOME FOR RESEARCH ONLY.
MRS. SARAH L.CLICK - E. S. TARRENT BOOK 37 6-5-1884
(THAT SHOULD BE SPELLED TARRANT)
SARAH L CLICK - J. H. MYERS BOOK 78 11-27-1884
MRS. SARAH L. CLICK WAS OUR SARAH DODSON THAT WAS MARRIED TO JOHN CLICK.
AFTER HIS DEATH, SHE MARRIED ELAM S. TARRANT IN JUNE OF 1884. SIX MONTHS LATER, DAUGHATER SARAH LETITIA CLICK DAUGHTER OF JOHN AND SARAH CLICK MARRIED J. H. MYERS NOVEMBER OF 1884.
HERE IS WHAT IS WRITTEN ON SARAH DODSON CLICK TARRANT'S STONE WHICH IS
IN THE TARRANT CEMETERY IN MT. SELMAN, TEXAS BETWEEN JACKSONVILLE, TEXAS
AND BULLARD, TEXAS.
SARAH L
WIFE OF
E.S. TARRANT
DIED
MARCH 21, 1883
AGED
56 YEARS
VIEW ME TRAVELER
AS YOU PASS BY
AS YOU ARE NOW
SO ONCE WAS I
AS I AM NOW, SO
YOU MUST BE
SO PREPARE TO
FOLLOW ME.
WHEN YOU AREN'T SURE THAT DOCUMENTS WILL HOLD UP, THE DOCUMENTS YOU HAVE ARE INCORRECT, OR YOU HAVE NO DOCUMENTS AT ALL, HERE IS WHAT I DID. IT MAY BE OF HELP TO SOMEONE IN THE RESEARCH WORLD:
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
I, DELLA SMITH CLICK, WAS BORN 22 DECEMBER 1891 IN SMITH COUNTY, TEXAS. WHEN CELESTE ANN CLICK WAS BORN ON 12 AUGUST 1908, I WAS NOT PRESENT FOR THE EVENT BUT DID VISIT MOTHER AND CHILD ABOUT A WEEK OR SO LATER AND DO FOR A FACT KNOW THAT SHE IS THE CHILD OF FRANKIE SMITH AND JOHN DAVID (HUBBARD) CLICK. FRANKIE AND I WERE BLOOD RELATIIVES AND WE MARRIED BROTHERS.
FRANKIE SMITH WAS BORN 23 OCTOBER 1887 IN SMITH COUNTY, TEXAS AND DIED 27 JANUARY 1915 IN FORT WORTH, TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS. JOHN DAVID (HUBBARD) CLICK WAS BORN 5 DECEMBER 1886 IN BULLARD, SMITH COUNTY, TEXAS AND DIED 18 OCTOBER 1970 IN CONROE, TEXAS. JOHN DAVID CLICK AND FRANKIE SMITH WERE MARRIED 15 SEPTEMBER 1907 IN BULLARD, SMITH COUNTY, TEXAS. THEIR ONLY LIVING DAUGHTER WAS NAMED CELESTE ANN CLICK.
FRANKIE SMITH'S PARENTS WERE MINERVA SIMS AND FRANK SMITH AND JOHN DAVID CLICK'S PARENTS WERE RUTHA MYERS AND CONSTANT CALVIN CLICK, ALL GRANDPARENTS TO CELESTE ANN CLICK.
DELLA CLICK C SMITH
MRS. DELLA SMITH CLICK
22406 LANGDON
DALLAS, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS
STATE OF TEXAS, COUNTY OF DALLAS
BEFORE ME, THE UNDERSIGNED AUTHORITY, ON THIS DAY PERSONALLY APPEARED
MRS. DELLA SMITH CLICK KNOWN TO ME TO BE THE PERSON WHOSE NAME IS SUBSCRIBED TO THE FOREGOING INSTRUMENT, AND AACKNOWLEDGED TO ME THAT SHE EXECUTED THE SAME FOR THE PURPOSES AND CONSIDERATION THEREIN EXPRESSED. GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE THIS THE 5 DAY OF JULY 1983
MARY E. DELGADO
NOTARY PUBLIC IN AND FOR DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS
MY COMMISSION EXPIRES 8-31-84
NOTARY SEAL OVER NOTARY SIGNATURE AND DATE COMMISSION EXPIRES.
UNDERLINED AND ITALICS ARE WRITTEN IN INK. THIS DOCUMENT WILL BE PUT ON FILE
IN THE SMITH COUNTY COURT HOUSE IN TYLER,TEXAS IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER.
Hi List,
Does anyone have any documentation tying Lewis Click (Johann Ludwig
Gluck) b. 1740 in Dannstadt, Ludwigshafen, Germany d. 1804-1818 in
Washington CO. TN to the Baltas Click line? Lewis' father was Johann
Conrad Gluck/Click. I know that earlier there was no tie in (done by
genealogists) but wondered if anyone has found one recently.
Thanks,
Nancy Helvey
Greetings all,
It has been some time since I submitted my interests to the lists. I
have very little information on my line. All I have is the following:
Joseph Derr, born 1800 to 1810, married Susanah Click born 1800 to 1810,
the daughter of Adam Click. My Grandfather, Jacob Franklin Derr was
born 25 May 1834 in Centerville, Union Co. (now Snyder Co., PA. I
believe that Jacob Franklin Derr had a sister that was called Polly. I
would love to find something on Susanah and her parents.
In my records I also have poor copies of work compiled for the Click
family.
"Click Family Information" compiled by Leslie James Van Nice
Excripted from " Jacob Click Family" - Compiled 1918 by George
Washington Click
"Early Western Augusta Pioneers" by George Washington Click
Thought that someone might be interested.
Donald
JOHN CLICK OF ALABAMA -- REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORD
There is a John Click listed in the National Archives who was a deserter with
Count Pulaski's Legion. I do not know who the John Click was that is listed
with this group but concluded prior to obtaining other information that this
was not the John Click who settled and died in Jefferson County, Alabama.
This group of soldiers was a loosely organized military group who fought
primarily in skirmishes in South Carolina as they moved Charleston, SC.
Count Pulaski was mortally wounded at the Battle of Charleston and the group
disbanded and joined other military units. There is no documentation to link
that John Click of Alabama ever lived or had any ties to being in the South
Carolina area.
The Revolutionary War Service of John Click of Alabama has been difficult to
locate and prove because his service is recorded in the state records of
Virginia. It is documented that John Click of Alabama served in the Virginia
Navy as a gunner on the Virginia Navy boat "Liberty" which patrolled the
James River in 1776-77.
Joan F. Vitale
Happy Thanksgiving !!
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Date: Monday, April 05, 1999 2:25 AM
Subject: JOHN CLICK SR.
JOHN CLICK SR.
JANE
CHILDREN AND THEIR SPOUSES:
JOHN CLICK AND SARAH LETITIA DODSON
MATTHEW MOSS CLICK AND SUSAN THOMPSON, WIDOW OF RANDOLPH MC ELROY
HENRY TALIFERRO CLICK AND ELIZABETH BURKE
JAMES G. CLICK AND ELIZABETH MIDDLETON
SARAH CLICK AND JOHN HILL
ISABELLA CLICK AND JOHN MIDDLETON
ELIZABETH CLICK AND JEREMIAH HARDEN
BLESSINGS AND ENJOY.
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Subject: Fw: JOHN CLICK BIRTH AND DEATH DATES. SEE NOTE AT END OF DOCUMENT.
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Subject: JOHN CLICK BIRTH AND DEATH DATES. SEE NOTE AT END OF DOCUMENT.
FROM THE SCRAPBOOK OF NETTIE CLICK MYERS AND OWNED BY MRS.. FAYE BARRINGTON, JACKSONVILLE, TEXAS.
SUBMITTED BY HELEN TERRELL NUNNALLY AND COPIED FROM THE ORIGINAL XEROXED DOCUMENT.
MY FATHER
JOHN CLICK WAS BORN DEC 16, 1815
PAST AWAY APRIL 17, 1869
MOTHER
SARAH L. CLICK BORN OCTOBER 17, 1833
PAST AWAY NOV 21, 1889
SISTER
MARTHA I. CLICK BORN NOV 6, 1854
PAST AWAY MAY 21, 1933
SISTER
NANCIE E. CLICK BORN DEC. 1, 1859
BROTHER
WILLIAM R. CLICK BORN FEB. 27, 1858
J. L. CLICK BORN JAN. 14, 1861
FINETTIE CLICK BORN NOV. 5, 1862
SISTER
SARAH LETITIA CLICK BORN SEPT. 29, 1864
BROTHER
CALVIN CLICK BORN SEPT. 7, 1865
UNCLE
JOEL DODSON BORN OCT. 17, 1848
NOTE:
FINETTIE CLICK WAS A CHILD OF JOHN CLICK AND SARAH L. CLICK. I AM SURE THE REASON THAT SHE DID NOT PUT SISTER BESIDE HER NAME WAS THAT IT WAS WRITTEN BY HER, IN HER HANDWRITING. I FEEL QUITE SURE
THAT SHE DID NOT ADD SISTER TO THE LIST WAS THAT SHE DID NOT THINK OF HERSELF AS BEING A SISTER BUT
AS A CHILD. THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO ORGANIZATIONS AS A VALID DOCUMENT AND WAS READILY ACCEPTED AS SUCH. HELEN TERRELL NUNNALLY. 12 MARCH 1999
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Subject: JOHN CLICK CENSUS, JOHN'S DAUGAHTER AND HER FAMILY; RWS RECORDS.
JEFFERSON COUNTY, ALABAMA
1830 CENSUS
JOHN CLICK, SENIOR, PAGE 13
1 MALE 30-40
1 MALE 60-70
1 FEMALE 50-60
MATHIAS B. CLICK, PAGE 5
2 MALES UNDER 5
2 MALES 5-10
1 MALE 30-40
1 FEMALE 30-40
1840 CENSUS
JOHN CLICK, PAGE 26
1 MALE 70-80
1 FEMALE 70-80
NEXT DOOR
M. M. CLICK
1 MALE 5-10
1 MALE 20-30
2 FEMALES UNDER 5
1 FEMALE 5-10
1 FEMALE 20-30
1850 CENSUS
CARROLSVILLE BEAT # 26, DECEMBER 10:
CLICK MATTHEW M.39 TENNESSEE FARMER $300.00
SUSAN 39-S.C.
ANN E.-12-ALABAMA
MARIETTA 10-ALABAMA
MARGARET J. 7-ALABAMA
SUSAN R. 5-ALABAMA
MCELROY, WM. 15-ALABAMA
CLICK, JOHN 87-VIRGINIA
FIVE MILE BEAT, #14
HILL, JOHN 51-S.C. FARMER $600.00
SARAH (CLICK) 44-TENNESSEE (MARRIED DEC. 10, 1821)
THOMAS 20-ALABAMA-LABORER
JOHN 19-ALABAMA
BIRD 17-ALABAMA
JOSEPH 15-ALABAMA
HARRIET 13-ALABAMA
MARGARET-11 ALABAMA
WM. 9-ALABAMA LABORER
PETER A. 7-ALABAMA
ELIZABETH 5-ALABAMA
MARY 1-ALABAMA
FROM OWEN'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS IN ALABAMA, PAGE 20:
"JOHN CLICK RESIDED IN JEFFERSON COUNTY, ALABAMA, ON EAST SIDE OF VALLEY CREEK BETWEEN THE PRESENT POWDERLY AND OLD HAWKINS BIG SPRING. HERE HE BUILT A MILL, WHICH LATER BECAME THE PROPERTY OF HIS SON, MOSS CLICK"
NOTE: IN WASHINGTON ARCHIVES, IT SHOWS JOHN CLICK WAS IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR BUT WAS A DESERTED. THAT COPY FROM THE ARCHIVES
IS IN THE FILES OF HELEN TERRELL NUNNALLY, 3500 COPELAND ROAD, TYLER,
TEXAS 75701-8800; E-MAIL: hnunn(a)tyler.net
FROM THE DESK OF HELEN TERRELL NUNNALLY. INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED
FROM ARTHUR REAGAN, VIRGINIA.
These marriages are from my line of Click's. Descendants of Lewis Henry
Click. Visit my website for further information on these families.
<A HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/atsissie/pubpage.htm">WELCOME TO AUNT
SISSIE'S COUSINS IN COMMON</A>
WASHINGTON CO.
CLICK, Amanda marr. HARTSELL, Charles
on 10-JUN-1830
CLICK, Catherine marr. CLOYD, James B
on 16-FEB-1832
CLICK, Elizabeth marr. BREARLY, James
on 29-OCT-1825
CLICK, Martin marr. MARTIN, Betsy
on 04-DEC-1810
CLICK, Mary Ann marr. WOODRUFF, Jeremiah
on 05-MAY-1831
CLICK, Peter marr. SHERMAN, Elizabeth
on 01-JUL-1836
CLICK, Rachel marr. MURR, Jeremiah
on 19-JUL-1825
Carolyn Whitaker
MARRIAGE LICENSE
STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF CHEROKEE
TO ANY PERSON AUTHORIZED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF TEXAS
TO CELEBRATE THE RITES OF MATRIMONY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS
GREETING:
YOU ARE HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO SOLEMNIZE THE
RITES OF MATRIMONY
BETWEEN MR. JOHN CLICK
AND M SARAH L. DODSON
AND MAKE DUE RETURN TO THE CLERK OF THE COUNTY COURT OF SAID COUNTY WITHIN SIXTY DAYS THEREAFTER, CERTIFYING YOUR ACTION UNDER THIS LICENSE
WITNESS MY OFFICIAL SIGNATURE AND SEAL OF OFFIICE AT OFFICE IN RUSK TEXAS
THIS THE 21ST DAY OF FEBRUARY A.D. 1850
W. R. BRITTAIN, COUNTY CLERK COURT
CHEROKEE COUNTY, TEXAS
BY _____________________ DEPUTY.
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT ON THE 21ST DAY OF FEBRUARY A.D. 1850 I UNITED IN MARRIAGE THE PARTIES ABOVE NAMED.
WITNESS MY HAND THIS 21ST DAY OF FEB. A.D. 1850
B.C. WATTERS
RETURNED AND FILED FOR RECORD IN DUE TIME
AND RECORDED IN BOOK A, PAGE 106, MARRIAGE RECORDS OF CHEROKEE COUNTY, TEXAS.
I MILDRED FULTON, COUNTY CLERK IN AND FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY, TEXAS, DO HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THE FOREGOING IS A TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF A MARRIAGE LICENSE TOGETHER WITH ITS RETURN THEREON OF MR. JOHN CLICK AND M SARAH L. DODSON AS THE SAME APPEARS OF RECORD IN MY OFFICE IN VOL A. PAGE 106, MARRIAGE RECORDS OF CHEROKEE COUNTY, TEXAS.
TO CERTIFY WHICH, WITNESS MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE, AT OFFICE IN RUSK TEXAS
THIS THE 1ST DAY OF MAY A.D. 1973.
MILDRED FULTON, COUNTY CLERK
CHEROKEE COUNTY, TEXAS
BY THEDA STILLWAGON, DEPUTY.
THE CLICK FAMILY
SUBMITTED BY HELEN TERRELL NUNNALLY
BALTAS WAS BORN ABOUT 1699 IN GERMANY, DIED AT SEA JUST DAYS BEFORE HIS ARRIVAL TO AMERICA IN 1732. FOUR SONS, PAULSER, MICHAEL, MALACHI AND JACOB ARRIVED SAFELY.
MICHAEL, PROBABLY BORN IN GERMANY, DIED IN HAWKINS COUNTY TENNESSEE IN 1814. WIFE MARGARET? GAVE HIM SEVEN CHILDREN, MARGARET, ELIZABETH, KATHERINE, JOHN, GEORGE, MICHAEL AND JACOB. GENEALOGIST BELIEVE THIS LINEAGE PROBABLE BUT CANNOT PROVIDE CONCRETE PROOF. THE FOLLOWING IS PROVEN.
JOHN SR. BORN 1760 VIRGINIA, DIED IN JEFFERSON COUNTY, ALABAMA IN 1857. HE MARRIED JANE ?. THEY HAD MOSS, JOHN JR.., MATTHEW, HENRY, SARAH, JAMES, ELIZABETH AND ISABELLA. HENRY'S MARRIAGE LICENSE WAS SIGNED BY HIS FATHER.
HENRY BORN ABOUT 1798 IN TENNESSEE, DIED AFTER 1870 IN CHEROKEE COUNTY, TEXAS. HE MARRIED ELIZABETH BURKS. THEIR CHILDREN, JOHN, LEVINA, MARY, PERNISA, HARRISON, MARTHA AND ANDREW WERE NAMED IN THE WILL OF JOHN BASS AS "CHILDREN OF HENRY AND ELIZABETH CLICK". WE BELIEVE WILLIAM, HENRY AND HAL WERE DECEASED AT THAT TIME. HENRY AND ELIZABETH, JOHN AND MARY BASS, WILLIS AND ELIZABETH BASS WITH EIGHT OTHERS FOUNDED THE SALEM BAPTIST CHURCH AT LARISSA. IT IS BELIEVED THAT HENRY AND ELIZABETH ARE BURIED IN THE OLD BAPTIST CEMETERY OF LARISSA ALONGSIDE JOHN AND MARY BASS BUT NO STONES FOR HENRY AND ELIZABETH WERE FOUND.
JOHN BORN 1819 IN ALABAMA DIED SOMEWHERE IN TEXAS IN 1869. HE MARRIED SARAH LETITIA DODSON. SHE WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE HIS GRAVE AND IT IS SAID THAT HE WAS MURDERED WHILE BUYING LAND OR TRADING HORSES. THEIR CHILDREN WERE MARY, MARTHA, NANCY, ELIZABETH, WM. ROYAL, JONATHAN LAND, FINETTA, LETITIA AND CONSTANT CALVIN CLICK. SARAH'S PARENTS WERE NANCY SMALL AND CONSTANT DODSON, OFTEN CALLED JUDGE
DODSON IN FT. WORTH. (AFTER NANCY'S DEATH, HE MARRIED LOUVINIA YOUNG).
CONSTANT CALVIN BORN IN TEXAS IN 1866 DIED IN CHEROKEE COUNTY, TEXAS IN 1897. HE WAS ACCIDENTALLY SHOT WHILE PREPARING A HUNTING TRIP WITH ONE OF HIS SONS. HE MARRIED RUTH OR RUTHA MYERS, BORN, RAISED AND DIED IN CHEROKEE COUNTY, TEXAS. THEY HAD SIX CHILDREN.
JOHN DAVID MARRIED FRANKIE SMITH AND THEY HAD ONE DAUGHTER, CELESTE ANN WHO MARRIED JOHN HUNTER TERRELL. THEY HAD TWO DAUGHTERS, HELEN FRANCES WHO MARRIED JAMES EDGAR NUNNALLY, A RADIOLOGICAL PHYSICIST IN DALLAS AND PATRICIA ANN
WHO MARRIED NORMAN PAUL MANZIEL, AN INDEPENDENT OIL BUSINESSMAN IN TYLER. THEY HAVE THREE CHILDREN, CATHERINE ANN, JOHN PAUL AND BRIDGETTE LA' LAE MANZIEL. JOHN DAVID CLICK WAS A STEEL WORKER ON LARGE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS. WHEN HE WAS SMALL AND WEARING DRESSES, WHILE OTHERS HIS AGE WERE IN SHORT PANTS, THE CHILDREN CALLED HIM "OLD MOTHER HUBBARD". WHEN HE STARTED WEARING SHORT PANTS, THEY DROPPED THE "OLD MOTHER" AND JUST CALLED HIM HUBBARD. THAT NAME STUCK UNTIL HIS DEATH IN CONROE, TEXAS IN 1970. FRANKIE'S PARENTS WERE FRANK AND MINERVA SIMS SMITH.
JAMES HUDSON CLICK MARRIED DELLA SMITH, A COUSIN TO FRANKIE. THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN, WILFORD AND MARIE. HUDSON, THE PRANKSTER IN THE FAMILY WAS ALWAYS
JOLLY BUT LEFT HOME WHEN JUST A BOY. HE RETIRED FROM MKT RAILROAD IN DALLAS.
HENRY MALCOLM CLICK "MANN" MARRIED LILLIE FAYE PUGH. THEY HAD ONE DAUGHTER, RUTH FAYE. WHEN SMALL, HE COOKED AND CLEANED FOR HIS MOTHER WHEN SHE WAS ILL. SHE AFFECTIONATELY CALLED HIM "MAMMAS LITTLE MAN". "MANN" STUCK AND FEW KNEW HIS CHRISTIAN NAME.
CONWARD CONSTANT CLICK MARRIED IRENE HALL. THEY HAD ONE DAUGHTER RUBY LEE. CONWARD DROVE A DRAY AS A BOY AND RETIRED FROM MOBILE OIL IN FORT WORTH.
LEONARD EARL WAS THE ONLY ONE TO STAY IN BULLARD. HE MARRIED ESTELLE SMYRL AND HAD ONE SON, BILLY EARL. HE WAS A FARMER AND RAISED COWS.
BABY GIRL CLICK DIED AT BIRTH.
RUTHA'S CHILDREN WERE BORN IN CHEROKEE COUNTY. AFTER THE DEATH OF HER FIRST HUSBAND, SHE MARRIED BILL BEAUCHAMP WHO OWNED A SAWMILL IN CHEROKEE COUNTY. AFTER HIS DEATH, EARL AND ESTELLE MOVED IN TO CARE FOR HIS MOTHER. SHE RECEIVED COMPENSATION FROM A TRAIN-AUTO ACCIDENT FROM THE LOSS OF A LEG. SHE MAD A LOAN TO THE BULLARD BAPTIST CHURCH DURING THE DEPRESSION, WAS REPAID IN 1949 INTEREST FREE PER AGREEMENT. SHE ARRIVED AT THE "BURNING OF THE NOTE CEREMONY" WITH GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER HELEN FRANCES TERRELL WHO PINNED A BEAUTIFUL ORCHID ON HER DRESS FOR THE OCCASION. SHE SELDOM WENT TO CHURCH IN LATER YEARS, BUT WAS ACTIVE IN EARLIER YEARS. SHE DID HER OWN HOUSEWORK, MOWED HER OWN LAWN BY
"WALKING" A CHAIR BEHIND HER PUSH LAWNMOWER. HER HOME WAS ON THE SMITH COUNTY-CHEROKEE COUNTY LINES WITH THE BATH, PART OF THE KITCHEN, SLEEPING PORCH, BACK YARD AND GARDEN IN CHEROKEE AND HER BEDROOMS LIVING ROOM, DINING ROOM IN SMITH
COUNTY. SHE WAS A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE WOODMAN OF THE WORLD.
WILSON CO
1817, MAY 06 CLICK, Mathias B marr. MOSS,
Nancy
WASHINGTON CO.
CLICK, Amanda marr. HARTSELL, Charles
on 10-JUN-1830
CLICK, Catherine marr. CLOYD, James B
on 16-FEB-1832
CLICK, Elijah marr. BALSTON, Susan
on 09-FEB-1833
CLICK, Elizabeth marr. BREARLY, James
on 29-OCT-1825
CLICK, Martin marr. MARTIN, Betsy
on 04-DEC-1810
CLICK, Mary Ann marr. WOODRUFF, Jeremiah
on 05-MAY-1831
CLICK, Peter marr. SHERMAN, Elizabeth
on 01-JUL-1836
CLICK, Rachel marr. MURR, Jeremiah
on 19-JUL-1825
CLICK, S marr. HUDSON, M
on 12-JUL-1840
Meigs Co. TN
CLICK, G W marr. HUGHS, Mary
on 04-APR-1839
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Date: Tuesday, November 23, 1999 10:21 PM
Subject: CLICKS: ROCKINGHAM WILLS
ARTICLE # 1. ROCKINGHAM WILLS PAGE 399
CLICK, FREDERICK: MAY 7, 1821
MY SISTER ELIZABETH SHAULTZ. MY SISTER'S DAUGHTER PEGGY MOORE. MY MOTHER MARGARET CLICK TO HOLD POSSESSION OF THE PLANTATION WHERE WE NOW LIVE. AT HER DEATH, THE LAND TO BE SOLD AND DIVIDED EQUALLY AMONG ELIZABETH CLICK, PEGGY MOORE, JOHN CLICK AND MICHAEL CLICK.
WITNESSES, JOSEAH SMITH (?), JOHN HOMAN SR. PROVED AUGUST 1821 BY OATHS OF JOSIAH SMITH, JOHN ZOMMERS, JOHN R. HOMAN MADE ADMR. WITH WILL ANNEXED, MARGARET CLICK AND BETSY CLICK HAVING REFUSED TO QUALIFY.
# 2:
ROCKINGHAM WILLS-PG. 399
CLICK, JOHN: MARCH 14, 1851
MY 2 SONS, ISAAC AND JOSEPH, CLICK'S MILL WORKS. ALL MY CHILDREN. MY SON JACOB, SON ABRAHAM, DAUGHTER CATHARINE SWARTZ, DAUGHTER ELIZABETH BURNER, MY SONS DAVID AND SAMUEL. JACOB BURNER, HUSBAND OF ELIZABETH. SON (1) JOHN TO DUNKARD CHURCH 100.00. WITNESSES, JACOB WINE, DAVID GARBER, JOHN G. BROWN-PROBABLY LIVED NEAR BRIDGEWATER.
(AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE, I HAVE WRITTEN VA. VALLEY RECORDS BY JOHN W. WAYLAND. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A NOTE TO LOOK IN ANOTHER AREA. I AM USUALLY VERY GOOD ABOUT PUTTING ALL NUMBERS DOWN BUT I SEEM TO HAVE FORGOTTEN THIS ONE. HN).
# 3. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO INFO. FOR THIS ARTICLE EXCEPT FOR PAGE 17. SORRY. HN)
CLICK, JOHN, RESIDED IN JEFFERSON COUNTY, ON THE EAST SIDE OF VALLEY CREEK, BETWEEN THE PRESENT POWDERLY AND OLD HAWKINS BIG SPRING. HERE, HE BUILT A MILL, WHICH LATER BECAME THE PROPERTY OF HIS SON, MOSS CLICK.
# 4
THIS MAY APPLY TO YOU. IT IS MY PERSONAL DAR LINEAGE.
JOHN BLACKBURN-SOLDIER, VA.
CHRISTOPHER MOYERS, JR. LT. VA.
JOHN SNODDY, CIVIL SERVICE, VA.
PHILIP KOONCE, PVT. NORTH CAROLINA
ALEXANDER MATTHEW, PATRIOTIC SERVICE, VA.
]REUBEN SMALL N.C.
DANIEL GRIFFITH, N.C.
JOHN DAVIS/DAVISE, CPT. VIRGINIA MILITIA
JACOB BASS, SR. PVT. NORTH CAROLINA
JOHN CLICK, DESERTER, VA.
NOTES SENT ME AND SENDER IS UNKNOWN:
DEED INDEX A AND B: 1846-1863 1863-1879
HENRY CLICK: SIX DEEDS, ONE NAMES WIFE ELIZABETH AND ONE NAMES ABNER HARDEN AS GRANTEEE, LAST DEED WAS MADE IN 1870.
LARISSA BOOK BY J.L. BROWN STATES CLICKS AND BASSES WERE RELATED, RELATIONSHIP UNKNOWN. ALSO MR. CLICK WAS FATHER OF MRRS. PARTLOW, PG. 130.
EARLY PROBATE INDEX SHOWS THAT HEVRY CLICK WAS MADE GUARDIAN OF MINOR JOHN BASS-RUSK.
LAND DEEDED TO SARAL L. CLICK BY H. C. CLICK AND WIFE WAS LAND THAAT WAS WILLED TO HARRISON CLICK BY JOHN BASS IN 1872.
ACCORDING TO A FAMILY MEMBER, THE CLICKS AND DODSON'S WERE RELATED TO THE YOAKUMS WHO WERE CONNECTED WITH LARISSA COLLEGE.
PERNETIA N. CLICK AND ELAM TARRANT NAMED THEIR FIRST CHILD HARRISON, BELIEVED TO BE AFTER HARRISON CLICK.
CEMETERY RECORDS SMITH COUNTY, TEXAS, VOLUME III SOUTHWEST QUARTER
BULLARD, CEMETERY, BULLARD, TEXAS.
GIBSON, FAYE CLICK 1907-1935
CLICK, H.M. NOV. 21, 1892-JAN 13, 1924
CLICK, BABY 1900
CLICK, HAATTIE L. 1890-1894
CLICK, C.C. RED OAK CAMP # 645-W OF W- SEPT 7, 1866-SEPT. 2, 1907
BEAUCHAMP, RUTHA CLICK - SUPREME FOREST WOODMEN CIRCLE 1869-1958
BEAUCHAMP, W.B. MASONIC EMBLEM - APRIL 28, 1858 - JULY 6, 1932
C.C. CLICK MARRIED RUTH MYERS AND AFTER THE DEATH OF CONSTANT CALVIN CLICK,
MARRIED W. B. (BILL) BEAUCHAMP. HATTIE L., BABY CLICK, H.M. ARE ALL CHILDREN OF
RUTH AND C. C. CLICK. FAYE CLICK GIBSON IS A DAUGHTER IN LAW WHO MARRIED JASPER
GIBSON AFTER THE DEATH OF HER HUSBAND, HENRY MALCOLM (MANN) CLICK WHO DIED OF TUBERCULOSIS IN NEW MEXICO. HIS BODY WAS BROUGH BACK TO BE BURIED NEAR HIS FAMILY. RUTH CLICK BEAUCHAMP TAUGHT EACH OF HER BOYS TO 1) COOK BECAUSE WHILE
SHE WAS HAVING HER CHILDREN, WITH NO DAUGHTERS, SHE NEEDED SOMEONE TO COOK AND
TEACHING THE BOYS WAS HER WAY OF GIVING THE OTHER CHILDREN A BETTER LIFE. TO THIS
DAY, BILLY EARL CLICK, THOUGH 70 AND THE ONLY IMMEDIATE PART OF THAT FAMILY LIVING,
STILL CANS FROM THE GARDEN THAT HE USUALLY HAS.
JOHN DAVID CLICK: TEXAS...SGT. US ARMY WORLD WAR 1. DEC 5, 1885-18 OCTOBER 1970
HE IS BURIED IN GARDEN PARK CEMETERY IN CONROE, TEXAS. HE IS THE SON OF CONSTANT
CALVIN CLICK, GRANDSON OF JOHN CLICK AND SARAH LETITIA DODSON AND GREAT GRANDSON OF OLD JOHN CLICK IN ALABAMA.
TARRANT CEMETERY: LOCATED ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BULLARD AND ONE MILE WEST OF HIGHWAY 69 ON A DIRT ROAD. THIS WOULD BE OLD 69 RATHER THAN THE NEW 69,
TO FIND THE OLD BAPATIST CEMETERY, IT ALMOST TAKES A GUIDE TO GET THERE AND THEN
IT IS NOT EASY. NO CHILDREN CAN MAKE THIS TRIP. THERE ARE BURRS OF ALL KINDS, FENCES TO CROSS, AND I USUALLY TAKE A CUTTER AND A NEW LOCK EACH TIME I GO.
I HAVE A PAGE OF TWO PICTURES....THE FIRST SAYS"JOHN CLICK AND HENRY SMITH, A POTO BY LEACH AND MANNA OR HANNA-CHEROKEE, TEXAS...THE NAMES UNDER THE PICTURE ARE 1) MARY ELIZABETH CLICK AND JOHN HAL FORD? (NOTE: I WOULD GIVE ANYTHING IF I COULD FIND THE OWNER OF THIS PICTURE. WHEN BOB COMES, WILL TRY AND SEND IT OUT TO YOU ON THE SCANNER. IN THE OTHER PICTURE, THERE IS A WARFORD. WONDER IF THIS COULD BE THE SAME FAMILY?)
TARRENT, PERNATIA (CLICK) 6-30-1833 D, 4-30-1883 WIFE OF E.S. TARRENT.
E. S. TARRANT 5-7-1821-1-18-1893
SARAH L. TARRENT (1ST HUSBAND WAS CONSTANT CALVIN CLICK)
MARY E. TARRENT 7-21-1855 - 2-24-1884
NOTE: ( 1. THE SPELLING SHOULD BE TARRANT 2) EXCEPT FOR OUR SARAH LETITIA DODSON CLICK MARRYING INTO THE TARRANT, THERE IS NO RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CLICKS AND
THE TARRANTS THAT I KNOW OF. WE DID HAVE A MYERS LINE THAT MARRIED A TARRANT BUT
THE LINE IS SO TANGLED, I HAVE FOUND NO RELATIONSHIP EXCEPT THROUGH MARRIAGE AND
NOT EVEN CLOSE RELATIONS AT THAT. H.N.)
SOMEONE SENT ME ANOTHER PICTURE AND MIGHT BE OF VALUE TO SOME CLICK FAMILY OUT
THERE: THE CLICK REUNION:
AUGUST 1, 1954 THE FIRST CLICK REUNION WAS HELD AT THE STOCKDALE COMMUNITY BUILDING. THE ELECTED OFFICERS ARE AS FOLLOWS: CHAIRMAN, HENRY CLICK III VICE CHAIRMAN, BILL WARFORD; ASST. VICE CHAIRMAN, C. W. CLICK AND SECRETARY J. H. CLICK.
THE NEXT REUNION WILL BE HELD IN HOUSTON COUNTY AT THE ORIGINAL BIRTH PLACE OF THE FIRST CLICK IN TEXAS. THE REUNION WILL BE HELD UNTIL FUTURE NOTICE FROM THE SECRETARY J. H. CLICK. THE OLDEST ORIGINAL CLICK WAS HENRY LAWSON CLICK, AGE 91, EDEN; THE NEXT WAS SAMUEL HOUSTONN CLICK AGE 87, OF NIXON; WILLIAM LAWSON CLICK AGE 82 STOCKDALE; HENRY GREEN CLICK AGE 74 FROM FLORESVILLE.
J. J. BODIN OF PHOENIIX ARIZONA AND JIM CLICK OF LOVELADY PLAN TO TRACE THE FAMILY TREE BACK TO THE FIRST CLICKS AND HAVE IT AS REFERENCE IN AUSTIN.
THOSE ATTENDING THE REUNION WERE HENRY LAWSON CLICK, EDEN; MR. AND MRS. S. M. CLICK AND FAMILY, SAN ANTONIO; MISS WILLIE REEVES, STOCKDALE; MRS. PERRY SMALLWOOD, MR. AND MRS. W. L. WARFORD AND FAMILY SAN ANATIONIO, MRS. LOTTIE MINTON BURNET; MR. AND MRS. H. F. CLICK SAN ANTONIO, S. H. CLICK NIXON, MR. AND MRS. HENRY G. CLICK, FLORESVILLE, MR. AND MRS. W. L. CLICK, STOCKDALE, MR. AND MRS. T. A. COWEY AND FAMILLY, CUERO, MR. AND MRS. ROGER MILLER , OF GONZALES; MR. AND MRS. E. G. CROSSER STOCKDALEA, MR. AND MRS. C. W. CLICK AND FAMILY, HOUSTONN, MR. AND MRS. LEE ROY SEILER AND FAMILY FLORESVILLE, MR. AND MRS. J. J. BODINE, PHOENIX, ARIZ; MR. AND MRS. M. W. DENSON AND FAMILY, HARVEY G. COWEL, NIXON; J. H. CLICK, LOVELADY, TEXAS, C. M. CLICK, LOVELADY; MRS. MARY ELLEN CLICK GIMON, LOVELADY, MR. AND MRS. J. L. ELKINS, STOCKDALE; MR. AND MRS. J. T. COWEY, NIXON; MRS CHARLES LAY, JR., HOUSTON.