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1101	_______________________________________________________________________ From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee. WILLIAM D. SUDBURY was born in Nottoway County, Virginia, in the year 1790, or shortly thereafter. Glenn Boyd speculates that William may have been the boy born between 1794 and 1800 who is listed with his mother, Frances Sudbury, in the 1810 U.S. census for Nottoway County. The earliest public record under William's own name is an entry in the 1815 tax list for Nottoway County, cited by Glenn Boyd. In this record, William is listed as possessing one slave, two horses, and twelve cattle. According to Nancy Montgomery, who cites an unidentified source, William married SALLY CRIDDLE on July 3, 1820. Glenn Boyd suggests that the marriage took place in Williamson County, and that William was about 25 years old, while Sally was age 29. The only definite listing for William yet discovered in any census records is found in the 1830 U.S. census for Tennessee. He appears as one of only two Sudburys living in Tennessee at that time. The other Sudbury listed in the 1830 census is William's brother, Shadrack. Both men were living in Williamson County in close proximity to each other. The data in the 1830 census record confirms that William and his wife, Sally, were born between 1790 and 1800. Four other individuals were living with William at the time of the 1830 census, including two young boys, one between the ages of 5 and 10, and the other under 5 years of age. These were probably William's sons, Patrick and James. Also living with William and his wife were a young man between 20 and 30 years of age (born 1800-1810), and a girl between 15 and 20 years old (born 1810- 1815). Glenn Boyd offers the following ideas about the identity of these last two individuals: The unknown female born 1810-1815 could be a daughter of William from an earlier unknown marriage. Perhaps more likely, this could be the daughter of his wife, Sally, from a previous unknown marriage of hers. The presence of a male born 1800-1810 makes it unlikely that both are children of William, but they could both be children of Sally from a previous marriage as she is about four years older than William and could have had a son in her late teens and a daughter in her early twenties. Then, perhaps, Sally's married name was Criddle, and her maiden name is as yet unknown. The children would be named Criddle as well, but nothing is known of them from William's estate in 1835. Perhaps the name "Criddle" should be looked up in 1840 and 1850. There is a Frances Sudbury (born 1815) in Virginia that may be the female in the 1830 census. Still, then, is unresolved whether this might be William's daughter or perhaps Sally's daughter adopted by William. The entry for William's mother, Frances, in the 1820 Virginia census lists a male born 1794-1804 which could be William. Also listed are two females born 1810-1820, both of whom could be daughters of William. Since no male child is listed, the likelihood increases that the male listed in 1830 is a child of Sally, not of William. The best guess at the moment is that the male born 1800-1810 is a son of Sally Criddle and is probably named Criddle. The female born 1810-1815 is most likely Frances Sudbury, a daughter of William from a previous marriage. One interesting fact about William was that he at one time pursued a military career. According to a document obtained by Nancy Montgomery from the Tennessee State Archives, he was a Captain in the 44th Regiment of the Tennessee Militia. Glenn Boyd says that William received his commission as a Captain in 1825 in Williamson County. William appears on the Williamson County tax rolls for five consecutive years from 1831-1835. The listings identify him as the owner of 51 acres of land on or near Hayes (or Hays?) Creek. An obituary in the January 1, 1836, edition of the Western Weekly Review, quoted by Nancy Montgomery from the book Early Obituaries of Williamson County, Tennes- see, states that William died on December 22, 1835. On February 27, 1836, an estate sale of William's personal property was held. In addition to his brother Shadrack, two other Sudburys, Sally and another William, were purchasers at the sale. Sally made significant purchases, including many items of furniture. Was this Sally, who made so many purchases, William's widow? If so, why did she have to buy from her own husband's estate? These questions remain unanswered. The sale yielded a sum of money which appears to be $561.07. _______________________________________________________________________	Sudbury, William D (I4090)
1102	_______________________________________________________________________ From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee. WILLIAM HENRY SUDBURY was born about 1850 in Dyer County, Tennessee. He married a woman named MARY E. (maiden name unknown) some time around 1874. Mary had been born in Tennessee in June 1844. Their first child was born in 1875. In approximately 1877, William and his family joined his parents and several of his siblings in migrating to Milam County, Texas. According to Glenn Boyd, William was in Milam County for the 1880 census. However, William did not remain long in Texas. Sometime before 1889, he and his family moved to Cleburne County, Arkansas. William died sometime before 1900, while Mary was still living in 1910, as reflected in Arkansas census records. _______________________________________________________________________	Sudbury, William Henry (I3867)
1103	_______________________________________________________________________ From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee. WILLIAM R. SUDBERRY was born in 1864, in either Rutherford County or Bedford County, Tennessee. _______________________________________________________________________	Sudberry, William B (I10035)
1104	_______________________________________________________________________ From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee. WILLIAM SAMUEL SUDBURY was born in Rockdale, Milam County, Texas, on September 13, 1878. About 1909, he married MOLLIE SAMANTHA COLVIN, who had been born on March 4, 1887. William died on July 18, 1947, while Mollie passed away on July 9, 1959. _______________________________________________________________________	Sudbury, William Samuel (I3897)
1105	_______________________________________________________________________ From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee. WILLIAM SEINIIIRY_was, like his brothers David and John, probably born between 1747 and 1758 to Ezekiel Sr.'s second wife, Anne. The only known records of his childhood and adolescence are the 1758 reference to him and his siblings being bound as apprentices by the local churchwardens, and an additional record, cited by Glenn Boyd as referencing a further apprenticeship. William and his brothers David and John would appear to have been the right age to have fought in the Revolutionary War. However, despite the oral tradition passed down to Nancy Sudbury Yates (and from Nancy to Valdo Yates Smith) that one of Nancy's greatgrandfathers fought in the Revolutionary War, the sources listing Revolutionary War veterans for the state of Virginia do not mention any Sudburys. William's marriage on July 29, 1784, to_FRANCES DUNNAVANT, is listed in the book Marriages of Amelia County, Virginia 1735-1815. The record reveals the interesting fact that Frances was not "given away" by anyone, but instead "wrote her own consent" to be married. The marriage was witnessed by John Wyley and Clark H. (last name unknown). Samuel Booker served as surety. There is also an entry for William in the 1787 Virginia census for Amelia County (district of George Booker, Tax Commissioner) which simply indicates that a man named John Archer, Sr. was "charged with" William's tax. Whether this means that William was a laborer working for Mr. Archer, or that he was somehow disabled, is unknown. Although it seems that William was not a landowner in 1787, he almost certainly was by the late 1790s. Glenn Boyd writes of Nottoway County tax records listing William dated May 12, 1796, May 18, 1797, May 24, 1798, and May 29, 1799. William apparently died in the year 1800. Glenn Boyd cites an unidentified record from Nottoway County dated August 11, 1800, which refers to Frances Dunnavant Sudbury as administratrix of the estate of William Sudbury, deceased. Use of the term "administratrix" in this context means that William unfortunately died without a will. Glenn lists an additional record from 1809 indicating that Frances was granted administration of William's estate, but the date seems clearly wrong, since it is nine years distant from the earlier reference to William's estate. Frances Sudbury survived her husband by more than twenty years. According to Glenn Boyd, Frances's name appears in Nottoway County tax records for the years 1809, 1810, 1814, 1815, 1817, and 1818. Information about Frances can also be garnered from the U.S. census records for Nottoway County. An entry from 1810 shows her as one of two women in her household over the age of 45, with five children (two boys and three girls). The 1820 census record lists, in addition to'Frances, one "free white male" aged 18-26, two "free white females" aged 16-26, and two "free white females" under 10 years of age. While the two young women could have been born before 1800, and thus could be Frances's daughters, and the young man, born no earlier than 1794 might possibly be William D. Sudbury, the only one of Frances's known sons who doesn't have his own separate entry in the 1820 census, the identity of the two little girls is a complete puzzle. Glenn Boyd supplies the record which gives the approximate date of Frances's death. This unidentified source, dated January 1, 1824, recites that administration of Frances Sudbury's estate was granted to her oldest son, Shadrack Sudbury. Most likely she died in late 1823. As far as Frances's ancestry is concerned, more census work needs to be done. Entries for Hezeldah Dunnavant (head of a family of seven "white souls") and Philip Dunnavant (two white souls) appear in the First Census of the United States, Amelia County, Virginia (1782), in the list of the same census taker as recorded the entry for John Sudbury. Entries for the following "heads of families" appear in the First Census of the United States, Amelia County, Virginia (1785): Hodge Dunnavant (eleven white souls), Philip Dunnavant (three white souls), Abner Dunnavant (three white souls), Estate of Nowell Dunnavant, and Clement Dunnivant (six white souls). Could it be that Nowell Dunnavant, who apparently died in 1784 or 1785, was Frances's father, and that she gave her "own consent" to be married as a result of his death or incapacity at the time of her marriage to William in 1784? Perhaps there might be a will for Nowell Dunnavant in the Amelia County records. Unfortunately, we may never know the names of all of William and Frances's three daughters or their husbands, if any (although there is strong reason to believe that Mary Polly Sudbury was one of the daughters). Hampering our ability to research these individuals is the destruction of records that occurred in Nottoway County, where William's children were raised and, most likely, got married. If marriage records existed for that period of time in Nottoway County, the names of his daughters would probably be available to us. Carol McGinnis, in her book Virginia Genealogy: Sources & Resources, explains the tragedy of the missing records as follows: During the last week of the Civil War, Federal soldiers "ransacked the [Nottoway County Clerk's] office, hacking the record books with their sabers and throwing the mutilated volumes into the horse trough on the square." Three deed books were destroyed or lost; several of the early order books were badly mutilated, as were another deed book and a will book. Marriage records [up to 1856] also were destroyed. _______________________________________________________________________	Sudbury, Simon Wiliam (I3578)
1106	_______________________________________________________________________ From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee. WILLIAM WILSON SUDBURY was born in Virginia in 1780. His ancestor, Robert Martin McBride, gives the place of his birth as Amelia County. Robert is also the source for William's middle name. According to Robert, William married ONA RUDD on May 7, 1807, in Prince Edward County, Virginia. The following inform- ation about Ona and her family is quoted from Robert's history entitled The McBride Family of Rutherford County, Tennessee: Ona ("Oney") Rudd was born in Prince Edward County in 1782 or 1783. She was the daughter of JOHN RUDD, JR. and his wife, AGNES CLARKE, who were married in Prince Edward County on April 30, 1782. Her paternal grand- father was JOHN RUDD, SR., who died in Chesterfield County in 1791, leaving his wife, ONEY and several children. Her maternal grandfather was JESSE CLARKE, of Chesterfield County. A great-grandson of Ona Rudd Sudberry stated that the Rudd family were of Irish ancestry and that they settled on the James River during the Revolutionary War. Some of the Rudd family came to Tennessee. In 1836, Shadrack Rudd and John C. Rudd were living in the 15th District of Williamson County, Tennessee. Robert McBride's history also contains the following valuable information about William and Ona's married life: William W. and Ona Rudd Sudberry lived in Prince Edward County from the time of their marriage until after 1830, and all of their children were born there. About 1837 they removed to Tennessee and settled in the 12th District [Salem- Windrow] and lived near there the rest of their lives. William died between 1860 and 1870. Ona lived thereafter in the 5th District of Bedford County with her oldest son [John]. She lived to the age of 101 years, which places the date of her death as 1883. A comparative examination of the census records of Prince Edward County, Virginia (1810-1830) and of Rutherford County, Tennessee (1840-1880) shows that William and Ona Sudberry had nine children, three sons and six daughters. The three older children may have married before 1837 and remained in Virginia. The six younger children came with their parents to Tennessee, and of these six we have records of five. They were [John, Susan, Patrick, Mary and Mariah]. At this point, the identity of William's father remains a subject of speculation. Of the four Sudbury brothers of the "Second Generation", Ezekiel, David, John, and William, Ezekiel (entry 11) can be eliminated as being too old to be William's father, and John (entry 15) apparently had no male children other than his son, John. William (entry 16) was the father of William D. Sudbury (entry 163), and it follows that William W. Sudbury would not also be his son on account of the identical first names. Moreover, William (entry 16) was not married until 1784, whereas William W. was born in 1780. That leaves David (entry 14). Geographically, David's residence in Powhatan County is closer to William W. 'S early home in Prince Edward County than were the homes of the other "Second Generation" brothers. Furthermore, census information shows that David had a family of six individuals in 1783, which could have included William W., in addition to David's daughters, Jane and Martha. It appears likely to the author of this history that William W. was David's son. Although Robert McBride identifies John Sudbury (entry 15) as William W. Sudbury's father, Robert cites no evidence to support this conclusion. The author hopes someday to have an opportunity to discuss this issue further with one of William W. 's ancestors who is knowledgeable about genealogical matters. _______________________________________________________________________	Sudbury, William Wilson (I4269)
1107	_______________________________________________________________________ From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee. WILLIAM YATES STEVENSON ("Bill"), was born on November 13, 1907, in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, almost eight months after his father's death from pneumonia in March of the same year. He spent his childhood and adolescent years in Olunulgee and Kansas City, Missouri. It was in Kansas City that he met his future bride, FLORICE MAE BROWN, who had been born July 10, 1904, in Homestead, Oklahoma. Florice and Bill were married in Kansas City on April 5, 1927. At the time of their marriage, Bill held a job with Western Union. Sometime between December 1931, when their second child, Shirley, was born, and the birth of their third child, Richard, in May 1933, Bill and Florice left Kansas City and moved to a farm at Merriam, Kansas. They remained there for about two years before relocating to Bethel, Alaska, probably in the spring of 1935. In Bethel, Bill took a job working in the gold mines and saw mill with Florice's father and two brothers. Bill's daughter, Shirley, tells about an incident at the saw mill that almost cost Bill his life: Just before my sister Dorothy was born [in August 1935], my father was pulling some logs with a Caterpillar tractor. The logs hit a snag and pulled the tractor over on him, breaking his leg and almost crushing in one side of his head. By the grace of God, he survived with no brain damage. Unfortunately, however, his injured leg required amputation. Following his ac -cident, Bill and his family remained in Alaska another three years. In 1938, they returned to Arkansas and filed a claim on 120 acres of virgin forest land near the town of Rudy. There they cleared a building site and constructed a house with logs from the trees they had cut down. Bill and his family moved to Des Moines, Iowa, in the fall of 1942, where a relative had offered Bill a job making artificial limbs. According to his daughter, Shirley, Bill became very good at his new occupation "and was soon one of the top men with this type of expertise in the Midwest", working up to manager of his shop. About 1956, Bill (as Shirley puts it) "got the wanderlust again", quit his job, and moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he opened a pet shop. Bill and Florice lived in Minneapolis for over fifteen years. In the early 1970s, however, Florice began to suffer from Alzheimer's disease, and Bill moved back to Des Moines to obtain some assistance in caring for her. On July 14, 1975, he died, in his sleep, of a heart attack. Florice, despite the burden of Alzheimer's, survived Bill by sixteen years. She died of breast cancer on November 2, 1991. Bill and Florice are both buried in Chapel Hill Gardens Cemetery in Des Moines. _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________	Stevenson, William Yates (I3740)
1108	_______________________________________________________________________ From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee. DORA E. YATES had a short life. She was born June 30, 1872, in Dyer County, Tennessee, and died just over a year later on August 28, 1873. She may have been the namesake for one of her older sister Tina's daughters. _______________________________________________________________________	Yates, Dora E (I3798)
1109	________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ From Sandy Joy (Lee) Brownlow I received your email via Bob Webb and I have some clarifications to make on your information. Cheryl Jean Brownlow was the oldest child of Helen and Bob. Cheryl’s first marriage was to Daniel O’Keefe; they had four children, Daniel, Jr is the oldest. All four of these children live in Maryland. Your information is correct regarding Tiffany. Those are the five children of Cheryl. There were no other children born with her other marriages. Billy Bob Brownlow (no Ray in his name) was legally adopted to a childless couple by the name of Moore in Corpus Christi. Billy Bob Moore is encrypted in a cemetery in Corpus Christi, TX. He had a daughter, Jennifer, when he was married to Linda Brownlow; this daughter is younger than Cheryl’s first four children; Tiffany is Cheryl’s youngest child. After Billy and Linda divorced we lost all track of the child Jennifer Moore, as her mother broke all ties with Helen, Cheryl and Billy Bob. So, the oldest grandchild of Robert Martin Brownlow, Jr. is Daniel O’Keefe. His phone number is 410-804-8491. Helen married Bob Brownlow when I was three years old in 1946 or 7. I lived with them in Waco until they divorced in 1953 or 54. Florence Brownlow, Bob’s mother, also lived with us. Actually we lived in her house at 1526 N. 7th St. in Waco. After the divorce Helen, Cheryl, Billy and I moved back to Corpus Christi where Helen went to work for Civil Service at NAS Corpus Christi. At that point I moved in with my maternal grandparents and lived there until I graduated from high school. Bob Brownlow went to Huntsville prison for manslaughter after he and Helen were divorced. He had another marriage and divorce with no children after his divorce from Helen. He apparently straightened out his life while in prison and married for a third time to a lady named Lola when he was released. Bob and Lola were living in Alameda County, California, at the time of his death. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ HELEN MCCARNEY SUGAR LAND - Helen Louise Chandler McCarney, 90, of Sugar Land, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011. She was born Mar. 20, 1921, in Yoakum to the late Johnnie Eugene Chandler and Martha Pearl Dickinson Chandler. Prior to moving into assisted living in Sugar Land in Mar. 2005, she lived in Corpus Christi where she worked at the Supply and Fiscal Department of NAS Corpus Christi for many years. She loved the Lord and was always happy; she was never demanding or complaining. She said many times in her later years that she was ready to leave this world and be with her Lord. She graduated from Yoakum High School where she was a pep leader for the Bulldogs and won a state-wide school oratory contest which she delivered at the Texas Centennial Celebration in 1936. She remembered the speech and could recite it until her very last years of life. As a fifth generation Texan, she loved her family and her Texas history. She descended from Dr. Samuel Burling Dickinson; through his son, David Milton Dickinson; through his son, Marvin Voss Dickinson; and through his daughter, Martha Pearl Dickinson Chandler. She is survived by her daughter, Sandra Joy Lee Hall and husband Jack; ever-attentive brother, Norman Eugene Chandler and wife Gerri; 5 grandchildren; 8 great-grandchildren; and many cousins, nieces, and nephews who all loved her. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Thomas McCarney; sister, Sybil Belle Chandler Pitcock; daughter, Cheryl Jean Brownlow Whitehead; and son, Billy Moore. It was her wish was to be cremated. A private family Memorial will be held in Mar. at County Line Cemetery where the family will gather to remember her and spend the day beautifying the cemetery grounds in preparation for Decoration Day to be held Apr. 15, 2012. In lieu of flowers, please send memorial contributions in her memory to the County Line Cemetery Endowment Association, 1201 East Gonzales Street, Yoakum, 77995.	Chandler, Helen Louise (I9760)
1110	• ID: I02598 • Name: Leroy Vannoy CRISWELL • Sex: M • Birth: 1813 in Barboursville, Knox Co., KY • Death: 1866 in Praha, Fayette Co., TX • Note: ------------------------------------------------------ 1850 DeWitt Co., TX Census. #178. Criswell, Christian 16 1834 Germany In Albert Von Roeder household. ------------------------------------------------------ 1870 Fayette Co., TX Census. 831-831, p. 455. Criswell, James 48 1822 Farmer KY (250) - Millie 40 1830 Wife MS - Thomas 14 1856 Son TX - Mary 9 1861 Dau TX - Emily 7 1863 Dau TX -------------------------------------------------------------------- Decendants Chart of John Yancy Criswell, Sr. Stanley McMicken File. DECENDANTS OF JOHN YANCY CRISWELL, SR. & ELEANOR ANNOY, a sketch by Sue Ragland Diggle. Stanley McMicken File. ...DOD given as 1868. POD given as Coldwater Creek, Oso, Fayette Co., TX. CRISWELL FAMILY AMONG EARLY SETTLERS AND HEROES OF TEXAS HISTORY, documented by R.R. Criswell & Martha Criswell Bailey. ...Leroy Vannoy & Elizabeth Criswell were buried at Criswell Cemetery (also known as Duff Cem.) about one half mile southeast of the village of Praha. Leroy V Criswell was one of the original Texas Rangers as he joined with Captain Robert M. Williamson as a part of Williamson’s Mounted Riflemen in July 25 - September 13, 1835. FTM Marriage Index, CD #227, 1728-1850. ...Leroy V. Criswell m. Elizabeth Micken 24 Feb 1842 Fayette Co., TX Fayette Co., TX Marriage Records. #32535, Bk A, p. 51 ...Leroy V. Criswell m. Elizabeth McMicken 24 Feb 1842, license applied for on 19 Feb 1842. Early Texas County Marriage Records, Fayette Co., TX. ...Leroy V. Criswell m. Elizabeth MCMicken 19 Feb 1842. CRONICLES OF FAYETTE COUNTY, p. 58. Leroy V. Criswell - member of first district court jury in Fayette County, 22 Oct 1838. Leroy V. and Elizabeth (McMicken) Criswell sold their BJS home in 1853 to Johannes Romberg, first German to settle at BJS, and moved to near Oso a few miles northeast of present Flatonia. William V., Leroy' s younger brother, had moved to near Praha the year before. AN EARLY HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY, p. 97. John Yancy Criswell and Leroy Vannoy Criswell - among a list of freeholders in Fayette County during the time of the Republic. Leroy fought Mexican regiments in "Come and Take It" Battle at Gonzales and Leroy was wounded at Bexar during the Battle of Bexar at San Antonio against General Cos (Santa Ana's brother-in-law). FAYETTE COUNTY - PAST AND PRESENT, p. 115. April 1846, eight election precincts established...#7 house of Leroy T. (sic) Criswell. CRISWELL FAMILY AMONG EARLY SETTLERS AND HEROES OF TEXAS HISTORY, documented by R.R. Criswell & Martha Criswell Bailey. ...Leroy Vannoy & Elizabeth Criswell were buried at Criswell/Duff (also known as Mulberry Cem.) about one half or one mile southeast of the village of Praha. Gene Brownlow This cemetery is located on S. Knezek Road .6 miles from FM 1295 at 29°40'6.21"N and 97° 3'25.19"W. There is a gate with a sign, Wm V. Criswell Cemetery, on the left side of the road usually covered with undergrowth. If you go at a 25 degree angle to the right upon entering the gate you should find the headstones. •Event: Fact witnessed the killing of Ben Milam •Will: 29 JAN 1866 probated in Fayette Co., TX Packet dated 13 Oct 1997. Rowena Calhoun File. WILLIAM JOSEPH BOYKIN, by William B. Bennett. See William Joseph Boykin for content. Packet dated 13 Oct 1997. Rowena Calhoun File. BOYKIN ...William Joseph Boykin, son of Sion Lee Boykin, married Elizabeth Jane Criswell, daughter of Leroy Criswell who recieved an honorable discharge from the Texas Army signed by Stephen F. Austin. He was discharged in order to return to Gonzales County to plant his crops (a copy of the discharge is enclosed). L&D 216-2: Packet dated 13 Oct 1977. Rowena Calhoun File. GREAT, GREAT GRANDFATHERS OF SONS OF RUTH BOYKIN CALHOUN / SAMUEL DANIEL CALHOUN. ...was in McNeill's Artillery Co. which participated in the capture of San Antonio by Texas Army in 1835. L&D 216-3: Packet dated 13 Oct 1977. Rowena Calhoun File. BOYKIN. L&D 216-4: Packet dated 13 Oct 1977. Rowena Calhoun File. WILLIAM JOSEPH BOYKIN, by William B. Bennett L&D 216-13, p. 5: Packet dated 13 Oct 1997. Rowena Calhoun File. CRISWELL Packet received 4 Feb 1999. Norman Krischke File. Criswell-Boykin Descendant Chart (William J. & Eliza J. CRISWELL Boykin). Letter, Notes, Family Group Sheet & Ancestor Chart dated 21 May 1999. Theresa Mitchell File. ________________________________________________________________ Criswell Family, Among Early Settlers and Heroes of Texas History LEROY VANNOY CRISWELL (1st child of John Yancy Criswell, Sr.) Leroy Vannoy Criswell, b. 1813, Barboursville, Knox Co., Kentucky, emigrated to Texas 1829-30 at age 16 with parents and brothers and sisters. Settled at Matagorda, Matagorda Co., Texas and moved with family in 1835 to Woods Prairie (West Point, Tx.). Participated in opening battle of the Texas Revolution at Gonzales, Tx., Oct. 2, 1835 as member of J. C. Neill's Artillery Co., protecting a little cannon from being surrendered to a Mexican militia. Fought at the Battle of Bexar (San Antonio, Tx.) in J. C. Neill's Artillery Co.; discharged Nov. 24, 1835 and joined Col. Ben R. Milam's Battalion and witnessed the death of Col. Milam during the hardest fought battle of the revolution, Dec. 5-10, 1835. Accompanied his father and younger members of the family while "moving out of the way of the advancing Mexican Army" in March and April 1836. Served as an "Indian fighter" in Col. J. H. Moore's Mounted Rifle for fifty days through Oct. 23, 1838. Served in Somervell Expedition to repel the invasion of Texas by Mexico led by Gen. Aderian Woll, 1842-43. Married Elizabeth A. McMicken on Feb. 24, 1842. (His brothers, William V. and Joseph Eve, also married daughters of Andrew and Eliza McMicken who had emigrated from Tennessee after the Texas War for Independence.) Leroy was 29 at the time of marriage, she was 17. Immediately after the marriage, they took into the household 15 year old Joseph Eve and 13 year old Andrew Jackson (his younger brothers whose parents were dead at this time). Also, part of the household was a "Negro" girl owned by the John Y. Criswell, Sr. Estate. As administrator of his father's estate, he farmed the family land in addition to his own. Leroy and his family first settled at Black Jack Springs (near Muldoon) and his children attended the Black Jack Springs School taught by Mr. William Gorham, whose wife was a close friend to Candace Criswell Cottle. The Cottles also lived in the same area. Later, Leroy's family moved and settled near "old Flatonia" (Oso) and Praha. In his will, dated August 5, 1862, Leroy states he owns "land, Negroes, cattle, horses and tenements" to be shared equally among his children for their education. -13- CRISWELL FAMILY It is believed that Elizabeth A. Criswell died after giving birth to Milam, who was born March 18, 1866 and that Leroy V. Criswell also died soon after. "The Honorable Court of Fayette County, having been solicited by the Relatives of Leroy V. Criswell to take charge of the State. I hereby make application for letters of administration of estate of Leroy V. Criswell & wife deceased at the next term of said court on this 29th day of June 1866." Wm. Boykin, husband of the eldest daughter and oldest child Eliza Jane, was appointed one of the administrators of the estate. The younger children were taken into the Boykin household. Leroy Vannoy Criswell and Elizabeth A. Criswell were buried at Duff Cemetery (also known as Mulberry Cemetery) about one-half or one mile southeast of the village of Praha. The property adjoining the cemetery was sold to a Chec or Bohemian farmer who, not realizing his actions, removed grave markers and planted grain in their place. He later replaced some markers, but many locations were lost. Leroy and Elizabeth (along with son, Larkin) had no markers on their graves.	Criswell, Leroy Vannoy (I4920)
1111	•Event: Fact 12 FEB 1836 collected $5.75 from the government of TX to pay for supplies used. •Event: Fact mentioned in a Missouri history book •Event: Fact JUL 1835 accompanied John Henry Moore in an expedition against the Tawakoni (or Tehuacana) Indians •PROP: 15 JUN 1831 1 League, 4428.4 ac, Texas General Land Office The inscription on plaque at The Criswell Family Cemetery in West Point, Texas states as follows: Criswell FAMILY CEMETERY 1835 John Y. and Eleanor V. Criswell emigrated to Texas with their 8 children in 1829-1830 from KY as members of Stephen F. Austin Third Colony. Granted a league of land by Mexican Government in Matagorda Co. on Colorado River. In 1834 the family moved to the West Point-Plum Grove area in Fayette Co.. John Y. Criswell, Sr. served as a Texas Ranger under Col. John H. Moore to protect the area against Indian raids in 1835. Sons Leroy V. and William V. Criswell fought Mexican regiments in "Come and Take It" Battle at Gonzales and Battle of Bexar at San Antonio against Gen. Cos (Santa Ana's brother-in-law). Leroy was wounded at Bexar but accompanied his family on the "Run Away Scrape" while William joined Gen. Sam Houston's army which defeated Santa Ana at the Battle of San Jacinto. Younger sons John Y. Jr., Andrew, and Joseph E. fought in 1845-46 U. S. Mexican War. In 1838 John Y. Criswell, Sr. donated this cemetery site located on his land to the Hopewell Baptist Church, the first Baptist Church west of the Colorado River. Eleanor Criswell was one of the first buried in this cemetery. She died in 1835. Gene Brownlow The turn off to the cemetery is located off highway 71 at 29°56'32.94"N and 97° 1'12.51"W which is the exit for 543. This would be north off 71 and follow 543 to West Point Loop exit at 29°56'38.44"N and 97° 1'28.68"W. Go north on West Point Loop to the first right at 29°56'43.70"N and 97° 1'28.87"W. Go right on the gravel road just over 1/3 of a mile to the cemetery. From the W Point Loop turnoff aproximately 1/4 mile on the left is where i believe John Yancy's house was located some 250 feet on the left at 29°56'54.80"N and 97° 1'23.63"W. from that point to the cemetery gate would be aprox 575 feet. The Cemetery is located at 29°57'0.40"N and 97° 1'22.00"W. The Criswell Family JOHN YANCY Criswell, Sr. b. 1786 (between 1780 and 1790) Pa.; d. 9-30-1839 Plum Grove, Fayette Co., Texas; m. abt. 1811 (no marriage record found in K Co., KY.) a Miss Vannoy (I believe), b. abt. 1791 (between 1790 and 1800) KY. d. in Texas (either in Matagorda Co. or Fayette Co. which was part of Austin's Colony until the county was organized 1838) before 1839, as no wife was mentioned in the settlement of John Y.'s estate. He died without a will. His probate record in Fayette Co. is Case #48. His oldest son, Leroy Vannoy Criswell was Administrator. Leroy V. was appointed Guardian for the minor Joseph E. and Andrew Jackson Criswell. A neighbor, William Madison Scallorn Sr., was appointed Guardian for the minor, John Y. Criswell, Jr. John Wesley Scallorn, San Jacinto hero, son of William's brother Stephen, was Guardian for James H. Criswell. (Wm. Scallorn, my great-great-grandpa, was the first Baptist Deacon of record ordained in Texas--on July 11, 1840 at old Hopewell Baptist Church in Plum Grove. Hopewell was begun in the winter of 1838 with prayer meetings held in Wm. Scallorn's home, with Rev. Z. N. Morrell conducting the first services. The maiden name of Mrs. John Y. Criswell, Sr., is not positively known now 1957, but the fact that the middle name of their first two sons, Leroy and William, was "Vannoy" shows it to be a name of importance. For that reason I thought that her maiden name was probably "Vannoy" So when I first had a chance to search the 1830 Knox Co., KY., microfilm census while in Austin, I looked for a Vannoy as well as for a Criswell. In that census I found John Y. Criswell (40-50) with a wife (30-40), their 8 children and an extra male (20-30) whom I can't identify. (He may have been a brother of either of them or a son of John Y.'s by a previous marriage, but only the 8 known children were named in the settlement of his estate.) I also found a WILLIAM Vannoy (50-60) who was the right age to be the father of Mrs. John Y. Criswell, an Alex. Vannoy (20-30) and a Joel Vannoy (30-40). It seems reasonable to assume that the maiden name of John Y.'s wife was "Vannoy", and that she was the daughter William Vannoy, although this is not proof. On 7-23-1821 in Knox Co., KY., John Y. Criswell witnessed the will of Lurena Sumner. In December 1830, John Y., a married man, arrived in Texas. They were still in Knox Co. when the 1830 census was taken there. They probably left the fall after the crops were in. Most likely they came by boat rather than covered wagon since they settled near the port of Matagorda. John Y. Criswell, Sr., received 2 Land Grants, One was a Spanish Grant dated 6-5-1831 for one League of land in Matagorda Co. situated on the west side of the Colorado River below H League, title being issued in Austin's 3rd Colony. It was signed by Stephen F. Austin. The other was a Republic of Texas Land Grant for one Labor of land issued in Fayette Co. 3-1-1838 which stated he arrived in Texas with his family December 1830. On 3-6-1838 he assigned this Certificate to William Clinton. Title for 1 League of land in Polk Co. on Long King's Creek was issued in Vehlein's Colony 3-25-1835 to Ann D. Criswell a widow, whose husband may have been related to John Y. Criswell. Note: At long last, on 2-3-1964, I found William Vannoy's will which mentions "the children of my deceased son-in-law, John Y. Criswell and daughter, Eleanor". The will was made 7-12-1845. In July 1835, John Y. Criswell, Sr., was one of the men with Col. John H. Moore who went to the aid of Capt. R. M. Coleman and his company of 25 men who were on a mission to make peace with the Tehuacana Indians near Parker's Fort. The Indians, mistaking their purpose, attacked them instead. When Col. Moore arrived the Indians were gone. The several groups of volunteers joined forces under Col. Moore and pursued them as far as the forks of the Trinity. [There is some info missing here, LWPriest] William Madison Scallorn who was appointed Guardian for the minor, John Y. Criswell, Jr., when his father died in 1839--(Wm. Scallorn was my g.g.grandpa--SRD). The old Plum Grove Cemetery at West Point is on this land. A church was built after the deed was given, but it burned many years ago. This Church began in 1838 with the first meetings being held in the home of Wm. Scollorn, Sr., and was first called "Hopewell Baptist Church". It was organized early in 1839 under the articles of the United Baptists of West Tennessee, with Z. N. Morrell as its first pastor. This was the first Baptist Church west of the Colorado River. Wm. Scallorn, Sr., was ordained Deacon at old Hopewell Church July 11, 1840, his ordination being the first one of record in Texas. In 1842 there were 22 members when a rift occurred in the church over the Missionary question. Stephen Scallorn, brother of William, was also deacon, and was one of the nine members who called themselves "the faithful" and kept the Book (Church Record) and Church House. The other 13 missionary members, including Wm. Scallorn, Sr., then called their group the "Plum Grove Baptist Church". Both groups, without doubt, considered themselves the "original" church. This is all carefully explained in Stephen Scallorn's obituary when he died 12-24-1887. Another church building was erected about 1870, Dr. Eugene C. Routh says. It is still standing--just barely--and is now used as a barn, in the present town of Plum. The Plum Grove Church the John Click deed refers to is not this one. (Torn down abt. 1959) If John Y., Sr., were a Baptist, as many of his later family were, then he probably was a member of old Hopewell Church, as he was a friend and close neighbor to Stephen and William Scallorn, Sr., in the Plum Grove area. John Y.'s sons, Leroy Vanoy Criswell and William Vanoy Criswell were in the first fight of the Texas Revolution, the "Come and Take It" battle at Gonzales Oct. 2, 1835, as proven by the record in Archives showing they purchased 5# of sugar there @ $1.00 on Oct. 4, 1835. John Yancy Criswell, Sr., and his wife had 8 known children. In MILITARY RECORDS at ARCHIVES IN AUSTIN, TEXAS, and in PUBLIC DEBT PAPERS. I found some interesting papers. #7486, issued to John Y. Criswell on 5-16-1838 for Supplies was filed by Genl. Burleson, examined and Audited for $18.00. The following seem to be part of this $18 payment: "Feb. 11, 1836 This is to certify that we in behalf of a squad of Volunteers travelling to St. Antonio being out of provisions called upon John Y. Criswell who fed us in his own house with his own provisions for the night & next morning breakfast eight of us two meals @ 25 cts say five dollars for which the government will no doubt renumerate him, we being authorized to draw on said gov. for provisions. (signed) M. Autry (signed) D. W. Cloud Agents for squad" (Note by SRD: Both Micajah Autry, of N. C., and Daniel Wm. Cloud, of KY., fell at the Alamo 3-6-1836) "This is to certify that the Ranging Corps under the command of Col. E. Burleson made use of 3 bushels of corn at one Dollar and fifty cents per bushel and one bushel of potatoes at one dollar, property of J. Y. Criswell. Colorado July 22, 1836 (signed) John G. McGehee Captain M. V. Corps (signed) Edw. Burleson Colonel" (and on another scrap of paper) "The Government of Texas will pay Jno. Y. Chriswell on order four dollars and fifty cents for provision furnished my Company. (signed) Wm. M. Eastland Capt. of Rangers Let this be audited 5-15-1838 (signed)A. S. Thurston" (Note by SRD: Wm. Mosby Eastland was at San Jacinto, and in 1842 with the Mier Expedition. He captured, and was the only officer to draw a black bean at Haciendo Salado in Mexico where he was shot [executed] 3-25-1843.) On 2-12-1836 John Y. collected $51.33 pay for his son Wm. V.'s service in the Volunteer Army from 5-28-1835 to 12-13-1835, including the Siege of Bexar, where Wm. V. conducted himself so gallantly. John Y. wrote on a scrap of paper: "Recd. of J. W. Moody, Auditor, a draft drawn in favour of William Criswell for $51.33 on account of which I promise to keep him harmless. (signed) J. Y, Criswell." On this same day, 2-12-1836 John Y. also collected $5.75 owed to Leroy and Wm. V. which they had paid for Coffee, Sugar, etc., in the fall of 1835 (see Leroy and Wm. V.). Wm. V. also assigned to his father his pay of $24 for Service in the Army of the Republic of Texas from 3-27-1836 to 6-27-1836, including the Battle of San Jacinto. This was Audited 11-1-1838 and draft #9795 was issued on that date in the form of a tiny certificate. This certificate was not cashed before John Y.'s death in 1839, and on 8-24-1851 it was sent to J. M. Swisher, Auditor of public accounts, by Leroy for his father's estate. Another certificate was issued 9-1-1851 for $24 on the Public Debt form of the late Republic of Texas. On 5-25-1857 Leroy V., Wm. V., Jos. E. and John Y., Jr. give F. W. Nowlin their power-of-attorney to collect this $24. It was finally paid in full 7-23-1857--over 21 years after the Battle of San Jacinto was fought! (Records in the Land Office in Austin show that Wm. V. also assigned to his father his Bounty Grant of 120 acres for this same Service in the Army from 3-27-1836 to 6-27-1836.) On 11-2-1838 John Y. collected $41.66 for Leroy's Service in the Indian Campaign from 7-23-1835 to 9-13-1835, stating his son owed the Government nothing. From The Criswell Family by Sue Ragland Diggle, dated 1957 and added to in 1964, retyped in 1988 by Nada Moon Alexander. page 83 Leroy V. and Wm. V. Criswell enlisted 9-28-1835. They served in Capt. J. C. Neill's Artillery Company. (J. C. Neill also enlisted 9-28-1835, as Captain, and was made Lt. Colonel during the Siege of Bexar, Dec. 5-9, 1835. General Cos raised a white flag Dec. 9th and signed capitulation papers the next day. On 2-14-1836 Col. Neill, because of illness in his family, left the Alamo in charge of Wm. B. Travis and thereby missed becoming an immortal hero. Later he was wounded at San Jacinto in the skirmish on April 20.) Capt. Neill signed Leroy's Honorable Discharge 11-24-1835 at Camp Bexar, just 11 days before the Siege began. William V.'s Honorable Discharge was signed 12-13-1835 by Capt. Almeron Dickinson (who was killed 3-6-1836 at the Alamo. His wife Suzanna was present and later wrote eye-witness accounts of the battle) and Col. Neill. It stated that Wm. V. had discharged his duty "with honor and applause", and that he was "also one who so gallantly distinguished himself in the Siege of Bexar." The fact that Leroy was discharged at Camp Bexar so soon before the Siege, coupled with the fact that $2.00 was paid to a Doctor in Gonzales 12-27-1835, seems to indicate that he was somehow physically incapacitated, possibly because of injuries sustained at Gonzales. Certainly every ablebodied man was needed in those perilous times, and Leroy would not have been allowed to leave the Service for any but the strongest of reasons. Leroy, Wm. V. and their father all knew personally many of our early Texas heroes. Eight men en route to the Alamo, spent the night in John Y. Criswell, Sr.'s home 2-10-1836. He fed them that night and gave them breakfast the next morning. On 2-ll-l836 H. Autry and D. W. Cloud signed a statement that they were a squad of Volunteers travelling to "St. Antonio", and that they were authorized to draw on the government for provisions. The total signed for was $5.00 which included 2 meals each for 8 of them @ 25 cents. I found this in Military Records at Archives in Austin, had a photostat made of it, and in 1961 presented it to the Alamo. It is now framed and hangs on the wall of the Alamo. This is my personal tribute to the Criswell Family, both living and dead, of whom I am so very fond. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- From the Handbook of Texas Online, http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/index.html. Criswell CREEK (Fayette Co.). Criswell Creek rises about a mile west of the Southern Pacific tracks and 2½ miles southwest of West Point in northwestern Fayette Co. (at 29°54' N, 97°03' W) and runs northeast for about five miles, crossing the Southern Pacific tracks, State Highway 71, and the Missouri, Kansas and Texas tracks, before reaching its mouth on the Colorado River (at 29°58' N, 97°01' W). South of West Point the creek traverses an area with a fine sandy loam surface soil over a very firm clay subsoil. This land is of marginal value for agriculture and is used primarily as cattle pasture. Between West Point and the Colorado River the stream runs through gently rolling terrain surfaced by firm calcareous clay layers overlying gravel deposits. This land produces good corn and hay crops, but much of the soil has been stripped to allow access to the gravel. The creek is probably named for John Yancy Criswell, an original settler in the area who in July 1835 accompanied John Henry Moore in an expedition against the Tawakoni (or Tehuacana) Indians. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Leonie Rummel Weyand and Houston Wade, An Early History of Fayette Co. (La Grange, Texas: La Grange Journal, 1936). More from the Handbook of Texas PRAHA, TEXAS. Praha, on Farm Road 1295 three miles east of Flatonia in southern Fayette Co., was originally known as Mulberry and Hottentot, the latter apparently referring to a band of outlaws. James C. Duff, William Criswell, and Leroy Criswell first settled the area. DARBY, TEXAS. Darby was near an old Indian trail and campground about four miles west of Moscow in central Polk Co.. The area was settled by Europeans before the Civil War;qv among the early settlers was an Irish family named Criswell, who arrived in 1835. The community was eventually named for Augustus Darby, a slaveowner who moved to the area during the 1850s. It is unique among Polk Co. settlements, as many of its early residents were from Ireland and Germany. Darby had a Catholic church and became a leather-tanning center for local hunters. A school was also established there. Residents formed the Darby Farmers Alliance, which met from at least 1886 to 1890. Darby was still a rural community during the 1930s, and in the 1940s it had the only Catholic cemetery in the county. Maps from the 1980s do not show the settlement. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Emma Haynes, The History of Polk Co. (MS, Sam Houston Regional Library, Liberty, Texas, 1937; rev. ed. 1968). A Pictorial History of Polk Co., Texas, 1846-1910 (Livingston, Texas: Polk Co. Bicentennial Commission, 1976; rev. ed. 1978). by Robert Wooster -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- EVENT: LAND GRANT 15 JUN 1831 1 Lg. 4428.4 ac Texas Gen Land Office -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- From: Kristi Braun, Hi Larry, If you tell me how I will send you my files from FTM. The only thing is that I have all of the in one big file. I would have to seperate them first. Have you been to Plum Grove Cemetery in West Point? R. R. Criswell has put a new monument and an plaque for John Yancy Criswell, Sr. and Eleanor Vannoy Criswell. Also they they found some sandstone monuments for John and Eleanor Criswell when a fence was placed around that section of the cemetery. My other ggg-grandmother from my father's side is buried next to them at Plum Grove, her name is Elizabeth McClure Karnes. This is my line in short version. Candace Ann Criswell Fitzgerald Amanda Jane Fitzgerald Hale Nettie Lee Hale Collins Robert Leroy Collins Shirley Jean Collins Tuttle Kristi Kay Tuttle Braun I have been working on getting my mother into the Daughter's of the Republic of Texas. I went to LaGrange last week and now all I have to do is type the papers. Nice to hear from you, Kristi Braun ----------------------------------------------------------------- Note from Larry Priest: I found a John Criswell born 1790 to 1800 in the Abbeville, SC census of 1830. pg 15 I found the following info at http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/tn+index+18133957271 0+F Tennessee PENSION ROLL OF 1835 Henry Criswell Wilson COUNTY PRIVATE SOUTH CAROLINA LINE $80.00 ANNUAL ALLOWANCE Found at: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/ky+index+61308306850 0+F KENTUCKY PENSION ROLL OF 1835 DAVID Criswell Henry COUNTY PRIVATE PENNSYLVANIA MILITIA $26.66 ANNUAL ALLOWANCE $79.98 AMOUNT RECEIVED JANUARY 3, 1834 PENSION STARTED AGE 73 SAMUEL Criswell LEWIS COUNTY PRIVATE VIRGINIA LINE $96.00 ANNUAL ALLOWANCE $1,525.03 AMOUNT RECEIVED APRIL 16, 1819 PENSION STARTED AGE 73 $240.00 AMOUNT RECEIVED SEPTEMBER 11, 1833 PENSION STARTED AGE 75 Book Criswell Creswell Knox gounty 1320 Census. JOHNY. CHRISWELL,age 26-44; wife 16-.25; son 10-15; two sons and two daughters under 10. [The Ky. Genealo ist, vol. I, p. 39] K... cmmy 1830 Census. JOHNY. CRISWELL,age 40-49; wife 30-39; male 20-29; and eight children. [copied by Sue R. Diggle] Kentuclgy Land Warrants - see page 82.	Criswell, John Yancy (I4936)
1112	•Military Service: CSA 16th Reg, Co. G- Capt. P.C. Shields BET 21 MAY AND NOV 1861	Bain, John (I5057)
1113	•Note: Andrew Bane and Temperance Philips were married January 16, 1823 by Matthew Cyrus, J.P.	Bain, Andrew (I864)

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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee.

WILLIAM D. SUDBURY was born in Nottoway County, Virginia, in the year 1790,
or shortly thereafter. Glenn Boyd speculates that William may have been the boy born
between 1794 and 1800 who is listed with his mother, Frances Sudbury, in the 1810
U.S. census for Nottoway County. The earliest public record under William's own
name is an entry in the 1815 tax list for Nottoway County, cited by Glenn Boyd. In
this record, William is listed as possessing one slave, two horses, and twelve cattle.

According to Nancy Montgomery, who cites an unidentified source, William married
SALLY CRIDDLE on July 3, 1820. Glenn Boyd suggests that the marriage took
place in Williamson County, and that William was about 25 years old, while Sally was
age 29.

The only definite listing for William yet discovered in any census records is found in
the 1830 U.S. census for Tennessee. He appears as one of only two Sudburys living in
Tennessee at that time. The other Sudbury listed in the 1830 census is William's
brother, Shadrack. Both men were living in Williamson County in close proximity to
each other.

The data in the 1830 census record confirms that William and his wife, Sally, were
born between 1790 and 1800. Four other individuals were living with William at the
time of the 1830 census, including two young boys, one between the ages of 5 and 10,
and the other under 5 years of age. These were probably William's sons, Patrick and
James. Also living with William and his wife were a young man between 20 and 30
years of age (born 1800-1810), and a girl between 15 and 20 years old (born 1810-
1815). Glenn Boyd offers the following ideas about the identity of these last two
individuals:

The unknown female born 1810-1815 could be a daughter of William from an
earlier unknown marriage. Perhaps more likely, this could be the daughter of his
wife, Sally, from a previous unknown marriage of hers. The presence of a male
born 1800-1810 makes it unlikely that both are children of William, but they
could both be children of Sally from a previous marriage as she is about four
years older than William and could have had a son in her late teens and a
daughter in her early twenties. Then, perhaps, Sally's married name was Criddle,
and her maiden name is as yet unknown. The children would be named Criddle
as well, but nothing is known of them from William's estate in 1835. Perhaps the
name "Criddle" should be looked up in 1840 and 1850.

There is a Frances Sudbury (born 1815) in Virginia that may be the female in the
1830 census. Still, then, is unresolved whether this might be William's daughter
or perhaps Sally's daughter adopted by William. The entry for William's mother,
Frances, in the 1820 Virginia census lists a male born 1794-1804 which could be
William. Also listed are two females born 1810-1820, both of whom could be
daughters of William. Since no male child is listed, the likelihood increases that
the male listed in 1830 is a child of Sally, not of William. The best guess at the
moment is that the male born 1800-1810 is a son of Sally Criddle and is probably
named Criddle. The female born 1810-1815 is most likely Frances Sudbury, a
daughter of William from a previous marriage.

One interesting fact about William was that he at one time pursued a military career.
According to a document obtained by Nancy Montgomery from the Tennessee State
Archives, he was a Captain in the 44th Regiment of the Tennessee Militia. Glenn Boyd
says that William received his commission as a Captain in 1825 in Williamson County.
William appears on the Williamson County tax rolls for five consecutive years from
1831-1835. The listings identify him as the owner of 51 acres of land on or near Hayes
(or Hays?) Creek.

An obituary in the January 1, 1836, edition of the Western Weekly Review, quoted by
Nancy Montgomery from the book Early Obituaries of Williamson County, Tennes-
see, states that William died on December 22, 1835. On February 27, 1836, an estate
sale of William's personal property was held. In addition to his brother Shadrack, two
other Sudburys, Sally and another William, were purchasers at the sale. Sally made
significant purchases, including many items of furniture. Was this Sally, who made so
many purchases, William's widow? If so, why did she have to buy from her own
husband's estate? These questions remain unanswered. The sale yielded a sum of
money which appears to be $561.07.
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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee.

WILLIAM HENRY SUDBURY was born about 1850 in Dyer County, Tennessee.
He married a woman named MARY E. (maiden name unknown) some time around
1874. Mary had been born in Tennessee in June 1844. Their first child was born
in 1875.

In approximately 1877, William and his family joined his parents and several of his
siblings in migrating to Milam County, Texas. According to Glenn Boyd, William
was in Milam County for the 1880 census. However, William did not remain long
in Texas. Sometime before 1889, he and his family moved to Cleburne County,
Arkansas. William died sometime before 1900, while Mary was still living in
1910, as reflected in Arkansas census records.
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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee.

WILLIAM R. SUDBERRY was born in 1864, in either Rutherford County or
Bedford County, Tennessee.
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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee.

WILLIAM SAMUEL SUDBURY was born in Rockdale, Milam County, Texas,
on September 13, 1878. About 1909, he married MOLLIE SAMANTHA COLVIN, who had been born on March 4, 1887. William died on July 18, 1947, while
Mollie passed away on July 9, 1959.
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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee.

WILLIAM SEINIIIRY_was, like his brothers David and John, probably born between
1747 and 1758 to Ezekiel Sr.'s second wife, Anne. The only known records of his
childhood and adolescence are the 1758 reference to him and his siblings being bound
as apprentices by the local churchwardens, and an additional record, cited by Glenn
Boyd as referencing a further apprenticeship.

William and his brothers David and John would appear to have been the right age to
have fought in the Revolutionary War. However, despite the oral tradition passed
down to Nancy Sudbury Yates (and from Nancy to Valdo Yates Smith) that one of
Nancy's greatgrandfathers fought in the Revolutionary War, the sources listing
Revolutionary War veterans for the state of Virginia do not mention any Sudburys.
William's marriage on July 29, 1784, to_FRANCES DUNNAVANT, is listed in the
book Marriages of Amelia County, Virginia 1735-1815. The record reveals the
interesting fact that Frances was not "given away" by anyone, but instead "wrote her
own consent" to be married. The marriage was witnessed by John Wyley and Clark H.
(last name unknown). Samuel Booker served as surety.

There is also an entry for William in the 1787 Virginia census for Amelia County
(district of George Booker, Tax Commissioner) which simply indicates that a man
named John Archer, Sr. was "charged with" William's tax. Whether this means that
William was a laborer working for Mr. Archer, or that he was somehow disabled, is
unknown. Although it seems that William was not a landowner in 1787, he almost
certainly was by the late 1790s. Glenn Boyd writes of Nottoway County tax records
listing William dated May 12, 1796, May 18, 1797, May 24, 1798, and May 29, 1799.

William apparently died in the year 1800. Glenn Boyd cites an unidentified record
from Nottoway County dated August 11, 1800, which refers to Frances Dunnavant
Sudbury as administratrix of the estate of William Sudbury, deceased. Use of the term
"administratrix" in this context means that William unfortunately died without a will.
Glenn lists an additional record from 1809 indicating that Frances was granted
administration of William's estate, but the date seems clearly wrong, since it is nine
years distant from the earlier reference to William's estate.

Frances Sudbury survived her husband by more than twenty years. According to Glenn
Boyd, Frances's name appears in Nottoway County tax records for the years 1809,
1810, 1814, 1815, 1817, and 1818. Information about Frances can also be garnered
from the U.S. census records for Nottoway County. An entry from 1810 shows her as
one of two women in her household over the age of 45, with five children (two boys
and three girls). The 1820 census record lists, in addition to'Frances, one "free white
male" aged 18-26, two "free white females" aged 16-26, and two "free white females"
under 10 years of age. While the two young women could have been born before
1800, and thus could be Frances's daughters, and the young man, born no earlier than
1794 might possibly be William D. Sudbury, the only one of Frances's known sons
who doesn't have his own separate entry in the 1820 census, the identity of the two
little girls is a complete puzzle.

Glenn Boyd supplies the record which gives the approximate date of Frances's death.
This unidentified source, dated January 1, 1824, recites that administration of Frances
Sudbury's estate was granted to her oldest son, Shadrack Sudbury. Most likely she
died in late 1823.

As far as Frances's ancestry is concerned, more census work needs to be done. Entries
for Hezeldah Dunnavant (head of a family of seven "white souls") and Philip
Dunnavant (two white souls) appear in the First Census of the United States, Amelia
County, Virginia (1782), in the list of the same census taker as recorded the entry for
John Sudbury. Entries for the following "heads of families" appear in the First Census
of the United States, Amelia County, Virginia (1785): Hodge Dunnavant (eleven white
souls), Philip Dunnavant (three white souls), Abner Dunnavant (three white souls),
Estate of Nowell Dunnavant, and Clement Dunnivant (six white souls). Could it be that
Nowell Dunnavant, who apparently died in 1784 or 1785, was Frances's father, and
that she gave her "own consent" to be married as a result of his death or incapacity at
the time of her marriage to William in 1784? Perhaps there might be a will for Nowell
Dunnavant in the Amelia County records.

Unfortunately, we may never know the names of all of William and Frances's three
daughters or their husbands, if any (although there is strong reason to believe that Mary
Polly Sudbury was one of the daughters). Hampering our ability to research these
individuals is the destruction of records that occurred in Nottoway County, where
William's children were raised and, most likely, got married. If marriage records
existed for that period of time in Nottoway County, the names of his daughters would
probably be available to us. Carol McGinnis, in her book Virginia Genealogy:
Sources & Resources, explains the tragedy of the missing records as follows:

During the last week of the Civil War, Federal soldiers "ransacked the [Nottoway
County Clerk's] office, hacking the record books with their sabers and throwing
the mutilated volumes into the horse trough on the square." Three deed books
were destroyed or lost; several of the early order books were badly mutilated, as
were another deed book and a will book. Marriage records [up to 1856] also
were destroyed.
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Sudbury, Simon Wiliam (I3578)

1106

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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee.

WILLIAM WILSON SUDBURY was born in Virginia in 1780. His ancestor, Robert
Martin McBride, gives the place of his birth as Amelia County. Robert is also the
source for William's middle name. According to Robert, William married ONA
RUDD on May 7, 1807, in Prince Edward County, Virginia. The following inform-
ation about Ona and her family is quoted from Robert's history entitled The McBride
Family of Rutherford County, Tennessee:

Ona ("Oney") Rudd was born in Prince Edward County in 1782 or 1783. She
was the daughter of JOHN RUDD, JR. and his wife, AGNES CLARKE, who
were married in Prince Edward County on April 30, 1782. Her paternal grand-
father was JOHN RUDD, SR., who died in Chesterfield County in 1791, leaving
his wife, ONEY and several children. Her maternal grandfather was JESSE
CLARKE, of Chesterfield County.

A great-grandson of Ona Rudd Sudberry stated that the Rudd family were of Irish
ancestry and that they settled on the James River during the Revolutionary War.
Some of the Rudd family came to Tennessee. In 1836, Shadrack Rudd and John
C. Rudd were living in the 15th District of Williamson County, Tennessee.

Robert McBride's history also contains the following valuable information about
William and Ona's married life:

William W. and Ona Rudd Sudberry lived in Prince Edward County from the
time of their marriage until after 1830, and all of their children were born there.
About 1837 they removed to Tennessee and settled in the 12th District [Salem-
Windrow] and lived near there the rest of their lives. William died between 1860
and 1870. Ona lived thereafter in the 5th District of Bedford County with her
oldest son [John]. She lived to the age of 101 years, which places the date of her
death as 1883.

A comparative examination of the census records of Prince Edward County,
Virginia (1810-1830) and of Rutherford County, Tennessee (1840-1880) shows
that William and Ona Sudberry had nine children, three sons and six daughters.
The three older children may have married before 1837 and remained in Virginia.
The six younger children came with their parents to Tennessee, and of these six
we have records of five. They were [John, Susan, Patrick, Mary and Mariah].

At this point, the identity of William's father remains a subject of speculation. Of the
four Sudbury brothers of the "Second Generation", Ezekiel, David, John, and William,
Ezekiel (entry 11) can be eliminated as being too old to be William's father, and John
(entry 15) apparently had no male children other than his son, John. William (entry
16) was the father of William D. Sudbury (entry 163), and it follows that William W.
Sudbury would not also be his son on account of the identical first names. Moreover,
William (entry 16) was not married until 1784, whereas William W. was born in 1780.

That leaves David (entry 14). Geographically, David's residence in Powhatan County
is closer to William W. 'S early home in Prince Edward County than were the homes of
the other "Second Generation" brothers. Furthermore, census information shows that
David had a family of six individuals in 1783, which could have included William W.,
in addition to David's daughters, Jane and Martha. It appears likely to the author of
this history that William W. was David's son.

Although Robert McBride identifies John Sudbury (entry 15) as William W. Sudbury's
father, Robert cites no evidence to support this conclusion. The author hopes someday
to have an opportunity to discuss this issue further with one of William W. 's ancestors
who is knowledgeable about genealogical matters.
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Sudbury, William Wilson (I4269)

1107

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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee.

WILLIAM YATES STEVENSON ("Bill"), was born on November 13, 1907, in
Okmulgee, Oklahoma, almost eight months after his father's death from
pneumonia in March of the same year. He spent his childhood and adolescent
years in Olunulgee and Kansas City, Missouri.

It was in Kansas City that he met his future bride, FLORICE MAE BROWN,
who had been born July 10, 1904, in Homestead, Oklahoma. Florice and Bill
were married in Kansas City on April 5, 1927. At the time of their marriage, Bill
held a job with Western Union.

Sometime between December 1931, when their second child, Shirley, was born,
and the birth of their third child, Richard, in May 1933, Bill and Florice left
Kansas City and moved to a farm at Merriam, Kansas. They remained there for
about two years before relocating to Bethel, Alaska, probably in the spring of
1935. In Bethel, Bill took a job working in the gold mines and saw mill with
Florice's father and two brothers. Bill's daughter, Shirley, tells about an incident
at the saw mill that almost cost Bill his life:

Just before my sister Dorothy was born [in August 1935], my father was
pulling some logs with a Caterpillar tractor. The logs hit a snag and pulled
the tractor over on him, breaking his leg and almost crushing in one side of
his head. By the grace of God, he survived with no brain damage.

Unfortunately, however, his injured leg required amputation. Following his ac
-cident, Bill and his family remained in Alaska another three years. In 1938, they
returned to Arkansas and filed a claim on 120 acres of virgin forest land near the
town of Rudy. There they cleared a building site and constructed a house with
logs from the trees they had cut down.

Bill and his family moved to Des Moines, Iowa, in the fall of 1942, where a
relative had offered Bill a job making artificial limbs. According to his daughter,
Shirley, Bill became very good at his new occupation "and was soon one of the
top men with this type of expertise in the Midwest", working up to manager of
his shop. About 1956, Bill (as Shirley puts it) "got the wanderlust again", quit
his job, and moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he opened a pet shop.

Bill and Florice lived in Minneapolis for over fifteen years. In the early 1970s,
however, Florice began to suffer from Alzheimer's disease, and Bill moved back
to Des Moines to obtain some assistance in caring for her. On July 14, 1975, he
died, in his sleep, of a heart attack. Florice, despite the burden of Alzheimer's,
survived Bill by sixteen years. She died of breast cancer on November 2, 1991.
Bill and Florice are both buried in Chapel Hill Gardens Cemetery in Des Moines.
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Stevenson, William Yates (I3740)

1108

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From the Valdo James Smith Research document, The Sudburys of Virginia and Tennessee.
DORA E. YATES had a short life. She was born June 30, 1872, in Dyer County,
Tennessee, and died just over a year later on August 28, 1873. She may have been
the namesake for one of her older sister Tina's daughters.
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Yates, Dora E (I3798)

1109

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From Sandy Joy (Lee) Brownlow
I received your email via Bob Webb and I have some clarifications to make on your information. Cheryl Jean Brownlow was the oldest child of Helen and Bob. Cheryl’s first marriage was to Daniel O’Keefe; they had four children, Daniel, Jr is the oldest. All four of these children live in Maryland. Your information is correct regarding Tiffany. Those are the five children of Cheryl. There were no other children born with her other marriages.

Billy Bob Brownlow (no Ray in his name) was legally adopted to a childless couple by the name of Moore in Corpus Christi. Billy Bob Moore is encrypted in a cemetery in Corpus Christi, TX. He had a daughter, Jennifer, when he was married to Linda Brownlow; this daughter is younger than Cheryl’s first four children; Tiffany is Cheryl’s youngest child. After Billy and Linda divorced we lost all track of the child Jennifer Moore, as her mother broke all ties with Helen, Cheryl and Billy Bob.

So, the oldest grandchild of Robert Martin Brownlow, Jr. is Daniel O’Keefe. His phone number is 410-804-8491.

Helen married Bob Brownlow when I was three years old in 1946 or 7. I lived with them in Waco until they divorced in 1953 or 54. Florence Brownlow, Bob’s mother, also lived with us. Actually we lived in her house at 1526 N. 7th St. in Waco. After the divorce Helen, Cheryl, Billy and I moved back to Corpus Christi where Helen went to work for Civil Service at NAS Corpus Christi. At that point I moved in with my maternal grandparents and lived there until I graduated from high school.

Bob Brownlow went to Huntsville prison for manslaughter after he and Helen were divorced. He had another marriage and divorce with no children after his divorce from Helen. He apparently straightened out his life while in prison and married for a third time to a lady named Lola when he was released. Bob and Lola were living in Alameda County, California, at the time of his death.
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HELEN MCCARNEY

SUGAR LAND - Helen Louise Chandler McCarney, 90, of Sugar Land, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011. She was born Mar. 20, 1921, in Yoakum to the late Johnnie Eugene Chandler and Martha Pearl Dickinson Chandler.
Prior to moving into assisted living in Sugar Land in Mar. 2005, she lived in Corpus Christi where she worked at the Supply and Fiscal Department of NAS Corpus Christi for many years. She loved the Lord and was always happy; she was never demanding or complaining. She said many times in her later years that she was ready to leave this world and be with her Lord.
She graduated from Yoakum High School where she was a pep leader for the Bulldogs and won a state-wide school oratory contest which she delivered at the Texas Centennial Celebration in 1936. She remembered the speech and could recite it until her very last years of life. As a fifth generation Texan, she loved her family and her Texas history. She descended from Dr. Samuel Burling Dickinson; through his son, David Milton Dickinson; through his son, Marvin Voss Dickinson; and through his daughter, Martha Pearl Dickinson Chandler.
She is survived by her daughter, Sandra Joy Lee Hall and husband Jack; ever-attentive brother, Norman Eugene Chandler and wife Gerri; 5 grandchildren; 8 great-grandchildren; and many cousins, nieces, and nephews who all loved her.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Thomas McCarney; sister, Sybil Belle Chandler Pitcock; daughter, Cheryl Jean Brownlow Whitehead; and son, Billy Moore.
It was her wish was to be cremated.
A private family Memorial will be held in Mar. at County Line Cemetery where the family will gather to remember her and spend the day beautifying the cemetery grounds in preparation for Decoration Day to be held Apr. 15, 2012.
In lieu of flowers, please send memorial contributions in her memory to the County Line Cemetery Endowment Association, 1201 East Gonzales Street, Yoakum, 77995.

Chandler, Helen Louise (I9760)

1110

• ID: I02598
• Name: Leroy Vannoy CRISWELL
• Sex: M
• Birth: 1813 in Barboursville, Knox Co., KY
• Death: 1866 in Praha, Fayette Co., TX
• Note:
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1850 DeWitt Co., TX Census. #178.
Criswell, Christian 16 1834 Germany
In Albert Von Roeder household.
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1870 Fayette Co., TX Census. 831-831, p. 455.
Criswell, James 48 1822 Farmer KY (250)
- Millie 40 1830 Wife MS
- Thomas 14 1856 Son TX
- Mary 9 1861 Dau TX
- Emily 7 1863 Dau TX
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Decendants Chart of John Yancy Criswell, Sr. Stanley McMicken File.

DECENDANTS OF JOHN YANCY CRISWELL, SR. & ELEANOR ANNOY, a sketch by Sue Ragland Diggle. Stanley McMicken File.
...DOD given as 1868. POD given as Coldwater Creek, Oso, Fayette Co., TX.

CRISWELL FAMILY AMONG EARLY SETTLERS AND HEROES OF TEXAS HISTORY, documented by R.R. Criswell & Martha Criswell Bailey.
...Leroy Vannoy & Elizabeth Criswell were buried at Criswell Cemetery (also known as Duff Cem.) about one half mile southeast of the village of Praha.

Leroy V Criswell was one of the original Texas Rangers as he joined with Captain Robert M. Williamson as a part of Williamson’s Mounted Riflemen in July 25 - September 13, 1835.

FTM Marriage Index, CD #227, 1728-1850.
...Leroy V. Criswell m. Elizabeth Micken 24 Feb 1842 Fayette Co., TX

Fayette Co., TX Marriage Records. #32535, Bk A, p. 51
...Leroy V. Criswell m. Elizabeth McMicken 24 Feb 1842, license applied for on 19 Feb 1842.

Early Texas County Marriage Records, Fayette Co., TX.
...Leroy V. Criswell m. Elizabeth MCMicken 19 Feb 1842.

CRONICLES OF FAYETTE COUNTY, p. 58. Leroy V. Criswell - member of first district court jury in Fayette County, 22 Oct 1838.

Leroy V. and Elizabeth (McMicken) Criswell sold their BJS home in 1853 to Johannes Romberg, first German to settle at BJS, and moved to near Oso a few miles northeast of present Flatonia. William V., Leroy' s younger brother, had moved to near Praha the year before.
AN EARLY HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY, p. 97. John Yancy Criswell and Leroy Vannoy Criswell - among a list of freeholders in Fayette County during the time of the Republic.
Leroy fought Mexican regiments in "Come and Take It" Battle at Gonzales and Leroy was wounded at Bexar during the Battle of Bexar at San Antonio against General Cos (Santa Ana's brother-in-law).
FAYETTE COUNTY - PAST AND PRESENT, p. 115. April 1846, eight election precincts established...#7 house of Leroy T. (sic) Criswell.

CRISWELL FAMILY AMONG EARLY SETTLERS AND HEROES OF TEXAS HISTORY, documented by R.R. Criswell & Martha Criswell Bailey.
...Leroy Vannoy & Elizabeth Criswell were buried at Criswell/Duff (also known as Mulberry Cem.) about one half or one mile southeast of the village of Praha.

Gene Brownlow
This cemetery is located on S. Knezek Road .6 miles from FM 1295 at 29°40'6.21"N and 97° 3'25.19"W. There is a gate with a sign, Wm V. Criswell Cemetery, on the left side of the road usually covered with undergrowth. If you go at a 25 degree angle to the right upon entering the gate you should find the headstones.

•Event: Fact witnessed the killing of Ben Milam
•Will: 29 JAN 1866 probated in Fayette Co., TX

Packet dated 13 Oct 1997. Rowena Calhoun File.
WILLIAM JOSEPH BOYKIN, by William B. Bennett. See William Joseph Boykin for content.

Packet dated 13 Oct 1997. Rowena Calhoun File.
BOYKIN
...William Joseph Boykin, son of Sion Lee Boykin, married Elizabeth Jane Criswell, daughter of Leroy Criswell who recieved an honorable discharge from the Texas Army signed by Stephen F. Austin. He was discharged in order to return to Gonzales County to plant his crops (a copy of the discharge is enclosed).

L&D 216-2: Packet dated 13 Oct 1977. Rowena Calhoun File.
GREAT, GREAT GRANDFATHERS OF SONS OF RUTH BOYKIN CALHOUN / SAMUEL DANIEL CALHOUN.
...was in McNeill's Artillery Co. which participated in the capture of San Antonio by Texas Army in 1835.

L&D 216-3: Packet dated 13 Oct 1977. Rowena Calhoun File.
BOYKIN.

L&D 216-4: Packet dated 13 Oct 1977. Rowena Calhoun File.
WILLIAM JOSEPH BOYKIN, by William B. Bennett

L&D 216-13, p. 5: Packet dated 13 Oct 1997. Rowena Calhoun File.
CRISWELL

Packet received 4 Feb 1999. Norman Krischke File.
Criswell-Boykin Descendant Chart (William J. & Eliza J. CRISWELL Boykin).

Letter, Notes, Family Group Sheet & Ancestor Chart dated 21 May 1999. Theresa Mitchell File.
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Criswell Family, Among Early Settlers and Heroes of Texas History
LEROY VANNOY CRISWELL
(1st child of John Yancy Criswell, Sr.)
Leroy Vannoy Criswell, b. 1813, Barboursville, Knox Co., Kentucky,
emigrated to Texas 1829-30 at age 16 with parents and brothers and
sisters. Settled at Matagorda, Matagorda Co., Texas and moved with
family in 1835 to Woods Prairie (West Point, Tx.). Participated in
opening battle of the Texas Revolution at Gonzales, Tx., Oct. 2, 1835
as member of J. C. Neill's Artillery Co., protecting a little cannon
from being surrendered to a Mexican militia. Fought at the Battle of
Bexar (San Antonio, Tx.) in J. C. Neill's Artillery Co.; discharged
Nov. 24, 1835 and joined Col. Ben R. Milam's Battalion and witnessed
the death of Col. Milam during the hardest fought battle of the
revolution, Dec. 5-10, 1835. Accompanied his father and younger
members of the family while "moving out of the way of the advancing
Mexican Army" in March and April 1836. Served as an "Indian fighter"
in Col. J. H. Moore's Mounted Rifle for fifty days through Oct. 23,
1838. Served in Somervell Expedition to repel the invasion of Texas by
Mexico led by Gen. Aderian Woll, 1842-43. Married Elizabeth A.
McMicken on Feb. 24, 1842. (His brothers, William V. and Joseph Eve,
also married daughters of Andrew and Eliza McMicken who had emigrated
from Tennessee after the Texas War for Independence.) Leroy was 29 at
the time of marriage, she was 17. Immediately after the marriage, they
took into the household 15 year old Joseph Eve and 13 year old Andrew
Jackson (his younger brothers whose parents were dead at this time).
Also, part of the household was a "Negro" girl owned by the John Y.
Criswell, Sr. Estate. As administrator of his father's estate, he
farmed the family land in addition to his own. Leroy and his family
first settled at Black Jack Springs (near Muldoon) and his children
attended the Black Jack Springs School taught by Mr. William Gorham,
whose wife was a close friend to Candace Criswell Cottle. The Cottles
also lived in the same area. Later, Leroy's family moved and settled
near "old Flatonia" (Oso) and Praha. In his will, dated August 5,
1862, Leroy states he owns "land, Negroes, cattle, horses and
tenements" to be shared equally among his children for their education.
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CRISWELL FAMILY
It is believed that Elizabeth A. Criswell died after giving birth to
Milam, who was born March 18, 1866 and that Leroy V. Criswell also died
soon after. "The Honorable Court of Fayette County, having been
solicited by the Relatives of Leroy V. Criswell to take charge of the
State. I hereby make application for letters of administration of
estate of Leroy V. Criswell & wife deceased at the next term of said
court on this 29th day of June 1866." Wm. Boykin, husband of the
eldest daughter and oldest child Eliza Jane, was appointed one of the
administrators of the estate. The younger children were taken into the
Boykin household. Leroy Vannoy Criswell and Elizabeth A. Criswell were
buried at Duff Cemetery (also known as Mulberry Cemetery) about
one-half or one mile southeast of the village of Praha. The property
adjoining the cemetery was sold to a Chec or Bohemian farmer who, not
realizing his actions, removed grave markers and planted grain in their
place. He later replaced some markers, but many locations were lost.
Leroy and Elizabeth (along with son, Larkin) had no markers on their
graves.

Criswell, Leroy Vannoy (I4920)

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•Event: Fact 12 FEB 1836 collected $5.75 from the government of TX to pay for supplies used.
•Event: Fact mentioned in a Missouri history book
•Event: Fact JUL 1835 accompanied John Henry Moore in an expedition against the Tawakoni (or Tehuacana) Indians
•PROP: 15 JUN 1831 1 League, 4428.4 ac, Texas General Land Office

The inscription on plaque at The Criswell Family Cemetery in West Point, Texas states as follows:

Criswell FAMILY CEMETERY 1835

John Y. and Eleanor V. Criswell emigrated to Texas with their 8 children in 1829-1830 from KY as members of Stephen F. Austin Third Colony. Granted a league of land by Mexican Government in Matagorda Co. on Colorado River. In 1834 the family moved to the West Point-Plum Grove area in Fayette Co..
John Y. Criswell, Sr. served as a Texas Ranger under Col. John H. Moore to protect the area against Indian raids in 1835. Sons Leroy V. and William V. Criswell fought Mexican regiments in "Come and Take It" Battle at Gonzales and Battle of Bexar at San Antonio against Gen. Cos (Santa Ana's brother-in-law). Leroy was wounded at Bexar but accompanied his family on the "Run Away Scrape" while William joined Gen. Sam Houston's army which defeated Santa Ana at the Battle of San Jacinto. Younger sons John Y. Jr., Andrew, and Joseph E. fought in 1845-46 U. S. Mexican War.
In 1838 John Y. Criswell, Sr. donated this cemetery site located on his land to the Hopewell Baptist Church, the first Baptist Church west of the Colorado River.
Eleanor Criswell was one of the first buried in this cemetery. She died in 1835.

Gene Brownlow
The turn off to the cemetery is located off highway 71 at 29°56'32.94"N and 97° 1'12.51"W which is the exit for 543. This would be north off 71 and follow 543 to West Point Loop exit at 29°56'38.44"N and 97° 1'28.68"W. Go north on West Point Loop to the first right at 29°56'43.70"N and 97° 1'28.87"W. Go right on the gravel road just over 1/3 of a mile to the cemetery. From the W Point Loop turnoff aproximately 1/4 mile on the left is where i believe John Yancy's house was located some 250 feet on the left at 29°56'54.80"N and 97° 1'23.63"W. from that point to the cemetery gate would be aprox 575 feet.

The Cemetery is located at 29°57'0.40"N and 97° 1'22.00"W.

The Criswell Family

JOHN YANCY Criswell, Sr. b. 1786 (between 1780 and 1790) Pa.; d. 9-30-1839 Plum Grove, Fayette Co., Texas; m. abt. 1811 (no marriage record found in K Co., KY.) a Miss Vannoy (I believe), b. abt. 1791 (between 1790 and 1800) KY. d. in Texas (either in Matagorda Co. or Fayette Co. which was part of Austin's Colony until the county was organized 1838) before 1839, as no wife was mentioned in the settlement of John Y.'s estate. He died without a will. His probate record in Fayette Co. is Case #48. His oldest son, Leroy Vannoy Criswell was Administrator. Leroy V. was appointed Guardian for the minor Joseph E. and Andrew Jackson Criswell. A neighbor, William Madison Scallorn Sr., was appointed Guardian for the minor, John Y. Criswell, Jr. John Wesley Scallorn, San Jacinto hero, son of William's brother Stephen, was Guardian for James H. Criswell. (Wm. Scallorn, my great-great-grandpa, was the first Baptist Deacon of record ordained in Texas--on July 11, 1840 at old Hopewell Baptist Church in Plum Grove. Hopewell was begun in the winter of 1838 with prayer meetings held in Wm. Scallorn's home, with Rev. Z. N. Morrell conducting the first services.

The maiden name of Mrs. John Y. Criswell, Sr., is not positively known now 1957, but the fact that the middle name of their first two sons, Leroy and William, was "Vannoy" shows it to be a name of importance. For that reason I thought that her maiden name was probably "Vannoy" So when I first had a chance to search the 1830 Knox Co., KY., microfilm census while in Austin, I looked for a Vannoy as well as for a Criswell. In that census I found John Y. Criswell (40-50) with a wife (30-40), their 8 children and an extra male (20-30) whom I can't identify. (He may have been a brother of either of them or a son of John Y.'s by a previous marriage, but only the 8 known children were named in the settlement of his estate.) I also found a WILLIAM Vannoy (50-60) who was the right age to be the father of Mrs. John Y. Criswell, an Alex. Vannoy (20-30) and a Joel Vannoy (30-40). It seems reasonable to assume that the maiden name of John Y.'s wife was "Vannoy", and that she was the daughter William Vannoy, although this is not proof.

On 7-23-1821 in Knox Co., KY., John Y. Criswell witnessed the will of Lurena Sumner. In December 1830, John Y., a married man, arrived in Texas. They were still in Knox Co. when the 1830 census was taken there. They probably left the fall after the crops were in. Most likely they came by boat rather than covered wagon since they settled near the port of Matagorda.

John Y. Criswell, Sr., received 2 Land Grants, One was a Spanish Grant dated 6-5-1831 for one League of land in Matagorda Co. situated on the west side of the Colorado River below H League, title being issued in Austin's 3rd Colony. It was signed by Stephen F. Austin. The other was a Republic of Texas Land Grant for one Labor of land issued in Fayette Co. 3-1-1838 which stated he arrived in Texas with his family December 1830. On 3-6-1838 he assigned this Certificate to William Clinton. Title for 1 League of land in Polk Co. on Long King's Creek was issued in Vehlein's Colony 3-25-1835 to Ann D. Criswell a widow, whose husband may have been related to John Y. Criswell.

Note: At long last, on 2-3-1964, I found William Vannoy's will which mentions "the children of my deceased son-in-law, John Y. Criswell and daughter, Eleanor". The will was made 7-12-1845.

In July 1835, John Y. Criswell, Sr., was one of the men with Col. John H. Moore who went to the aid of Capt. R. M. Coleman and his company of 25 men who were on a mission to make peace with the Tehuacana Indians near Parker's Fort. The Indians, mistaking their purpose, attacked them instead. When Col. Moore arrived the Indians were gone. The several groups of volunteers joined forces under Col. Moore and pursued them as far as the forks of the Trinity.

[There is some info missing here, LWPriest]

William Madison Scallorn who was appointed Guardian for the minor, John Y. Criswell, Jr., when his father died in 1839--(Wm. Scallorn was my g.g.grandpa--SRD). The old Plum Grove Cemetery at West Point is on this land. A church was built after the deed was given, but it burned many years ago.

This Church began in 1838 with the first meetings being held in the home of Wm. Scollorn, Sr., and was first called "Hopewell Baptist Church". It was organized early in 1839 under the articles of the United Baptists of West Tennessee, with Z. N. Morrell as its first pastor. This was the first Baptist Church west of the Colorado River. Wm. Scallorn, Sr., was ordained Deacon at old Hopewell Church July 11, 1840, his ordination being the first one of record in Texas. In 1842 there were 22 members when a rift occurred in the church over the Missionary question. Stephen Scallorn, brother of William, was also deacon, and was one of the nine members who called themselves "the faithful" and kept the Book (Church Record) and Church House. The other 13 missionary members, including Wm. Scallorn, Sr., then called their group the "Plum Grove Baptist Church". Both groups, without doubt, considered themselves the "original" church. This is all carefully explained in Stephen Scallorn's obituary when he died 12-24-1887. Another church building was erected about 1870, Dr. Eugene C. Routh says. It is still standing--just barely--and is now used as a barn, in the present town of Plum. The Plum Grove Church the John Click deed refers to is not this one. (Torn down abt. 1959)

If John Y., Sr., were a Baptist, as many of his later family were, then he probably was a member of old Hopewell Church, as he was a friend and close neighbor to Stephen and William Scallorn, Sr., in the Plum Grove area.

John Y.'s sons, Leroy Vanoy Criswell and William Vanoy Criswell were in the first fight of the Texas Revolution, the "Come and Take It" battle at Gonzales Oct. 2, 1835, as proven by the record in Archives showing they purchased 5# of sugar there @ $1.00 on Oct. 4, 1835.

John Yancy Criswell, Sr., and his wife had 8 known children.

In MILITARY RECORDS at ARCHIVES IN AUSTIN, TEXAS, and in PUBLIC DEBT PAPERS. I found some interesting papers. #7486, issued to John Y. Criswell on 5-16-1838 for Supplies was filed by Genl. Burleson, examined and Audited for $18.00. The following seem to be part of this $18 payment:

"Feb. 11, 1836 This is to certify that we in behalf of a squad of Volunteers travelling to St. Antonio being out of provisions called upon John Y. Criswell who fed us in his own house with his own provisions for the night & next morning breakfast eight of us two meals @ 25 cts say five dollars for which the government will no doubt renumerate him, we being authorized to draw on said gov. for provisions.

(signed) M. Autry
(signed) D. W. Cloud
Agents for squad"

(Note by SRD: Both Micajah Autry, of N. C., and Daniel Wm. Cloud, of KY., fell at the Alamo 3-6-1836)

"This is to certify that the Ranging Corps under the command of Col. E. Burleson made use of 3 bushels of corn at one Dollar and fifty cents per bushel and one bushel of potatoes at one dollar, property of J. Y. Criswell. Colorado July 22, 1836 (signed) John G. McGehee Captain M. V. Corps
(signed) Edw. Burleson Colonel"

(and on another scrap of paper) "The Government of Texas will pay Jno. Y. Chriswell on order four dollars and fifty cents for provision furnished my Company. (signed) Wm. M. Eastland
Capt. of Rangers

Let this be audited 5-15-1838
(signed)A. S. Thurston"

(Note by SRD:
Wm. Mosby Eastland was at San Jacinto, and in 1842 with the Mier Expedition. He captured, and was the only officer to draw a black bean at Haciendo Salado in Mexico where he was shot [executed] 3-25-1843.)

On 2-12-1836 John Y. collected $51.33 pay for his son Wm. V.'s service in the Volunteer Army from 5-28-1835 to 12-13-1835, including the Siege of Bexar, where Wm. V. conducted himself so gallantly. John Y. wrote on a scrap of paper: "Recd. of J. W. Moody, Auditor, a draft drawn in favour of William Criswell for $51.33 on account of which I promise to keep him harmless.
(signed) J. Y, Criswell."

On this same day, 2-12-1836 John Y. also collected $5.75 owed to Leroy and Wm. V. which they had paid for Coffee, Sugar, etc., in the fall of 1835 (see Leroy and Wm. V.).

Wm. V. also assigned to his father his pay of $24 for Service in the Army of the Republic of Texas from 3-27-1836 to 6-27-1836, including the Battle of San Jacinto. This was Audited 11-1-1838 and draft #9795 was issued on that date in the form of a tiny certificate. This certificate was not cashed before John Y.'s death in 1839, and on 8-24-1851 it was sent to J. M. Swisher, Auditor of public accounts, by Leroy for his father's estate. Another certificate was issued 9-1-1851 for $24 on the Public Debt form of the late Republic of Texas. On 5-25-1857 Leroy V., Wm. V., Jos. E. and John Y., Jr. give F. W. Nowlin their power-of-attorney to collect this $24. It was finally paid in full 7-23-1857--over 21 years after the Battle of San Jacinto was fought! (Records in the Land Office in Austin show that Wm. V. also assigned to his father his Bounty Grant of 120 acres for this same Service in the Army from 3-27-1836 to 6-27-1836.)

On 11-2-1838 John Y. collected $41.66 for Leroy's Service in the Indian Campaign from 7-23-1835 to 9-13-1835, stating his son owed the Government nothing.

From The Criswell Family by Sue Ragland Diggle, dated 1957 and added to in 1964, retyped in 1988 by Nada Moon Alexander. page 83
Leroy V. and Wm. V. Criswell enlisted 9-28-1835. They served in Capt. J. C. Neill's Artillery Company. (J. C. Neill also enlisted 9-28-1835, as Captain, and was made Lt. Colonel during the Siege of Bexar, Dec. 5-9, 1835. General Cos raised a white flag Dec. 9th and signed capitulation papers the next day. On 2-14-1836 Col. Neill, because of illness in his family, left the Alamo in charge of Wm. B. Travis and thereby missed becoming an immortal hero. Later he was wounded at San Jacinto in the skirmish on April 20.)
Capt. Neill signed Leroy's Honorable Discharge 11-24-1835 at Camp Bexar, just 11 days before the Siege began. William V.'s Honorable Discharge was signed 12-13-1835 by Capt. Almeron Dickinson (who was killed 3-6-1836 at the Alamo. His wife Suzanna was present and later wrote eye-witness accounts of the battle) and Col. Neill. It stated that Wm. V. had discharged his duty "with honor and applause", and that he was "also one who so gallantly distinguished himself in the Siege of Bexar."
The fact that Leroy was discharged at Camp Bexar so soon before the Siege, coupled with the fact that $2.00 was paid to a Doctor in Gonzales 12-27-1835, seems to indicate that he was somehow physically incapacitated, possibly because of injuries sustained at Gonzales. Certainly every ablebodied man was needed in those perilous times, and Leroy would not have been allowed to leave the Service for any but the strongest of reasons.
Leroy, Wm. V. and their father all knew personally many of our early Texas heroes. Eight men en route to the Alamo, spent the night in John Y. Criswell, Sr.'s home 2-10-1836. He fed them that night and gave them breakfast the next morning. On 2-ll-l836 H. Autry and D. W. Cloud signed a statement that they were a squad of Volunteers travelling to "St. Antonio", and that they were authorized to draw on the government for provisions. The total signed for was $5.00 which included 2 meals each for 8 of them @ 25 cents. I found this in Military Records at Archives in Austin, had a photostat made of it, and in 1961 presented it to the Alamo. It is now framed and hangs on the wall of the Alamo. This is my personal tribute to the Criswell Family, both living and dead, of whom I am so very fond.
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From the Handbook of Texas Online, http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/index.html.

Criswell CREEK (Fayette Co.). Criswell Creek rises about a mile west of the Southern Pacific tracks and 2½ miles southwest of West Point in northwestern Fayette Co. (at 29°54' N, 97°03' W) and runs northeast for about five miles, crossing the Southern Pacific tracks, State Highway 71, and the Missouri, Kansas and Texas tracks, before reaching its mouth on the Colorado River (at 29°58' N, 97°01' W). South of West Point the creek traverses an area with a fine sandy loam surface soil over a very firm clay subsoil. This land is of marginal value for agriculture and is used primarily as cattle pasture. Between West Point and the Colorado River the stream runs through gently rolling terrain surfaced by firm calcareous clay layers overlying gravel deposits. This land produces good corn and hay crops, but much of the soil has been stripped to allow access to the gravel. The creek is probably named for John Yancy Criswell, an original settler in the area who in July 1835 accompanied John Henry Moore in an expedition against the Tawakoni (or Tehuacana) Indians.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Leonie Rummel Weyand and Houston Wade, An Early History of Fayette Co. (La Grange, Texas: La Grange Journal, 1936).

More from the Handbook of Texas
PRAHA, TEXAS. Praha, on Farm Road 1295 three miles east of Flatonia in southern Fayette Co., was originally known as Mulberry and Hottentot, the latter apparently referring to a band of outlaws. James C. Duff, William Criswell, and Leroy Criswell first settled the area.

DARBY, TEXAS. Darby was near an old Indian trail and campground about four miles west of Moscow in central Polk Co.. The area was settled by Europeans before the Civil War;qv among the early settlers was an Irish family named Criswell, who arrived in 1835. The community was eventually named for Augustus Darby, a slaveowner who moved to the area during the 1850s. It is unique among Polk Co. settlements, as many of its early residents were from Ireland and Germany. Darby had a Catholic church and became a leather-tanning center for local hunters. A school was also established there. Residents formed the Darby Farmers Alliance, which met from at least 1886 to 1890. Darby was still a rural community during the 1930s, and in the 1940s it had the only Catholic cemetery in the county. Maps from the 1980s do not show the settlement.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Emma Haynes, The History of Polk Co. (MS, Sam Houston Regional Library, Liberty, Texas, 1937; rev. ed. 1968). A Pictorial History of Polk Co., Texas, 1846-1910 (Livingston, Texas: Polk Co. Bicentennial Commission, 1976; rev. ed. 1978).

by Robert Wooster
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From: Kristi Braun,
Hi Larry,
If you tell me how I will send you my files from FTM. The only thing is that I have all of the in one big file. I would have to seperate them first. Have you been to Plum Grove Cemetery in West Point? R. R. Criswell has put a new monument and an plaque for John Yancy Criswell, Sr. and Eleanor Vannoy Criswell. Also they they found some sandstone monuments for John and Eleanor Criswell when a fence was placed around that section of the cemetery. My other ggg-grandmother from my father's side is buried next to them at Plum Grove, her name is Elizabeth McClure Karnes. This is my line in short version.
Candace Ann Criswell Fitzgerald
Amanda Jane Fitzgerald Hale
Nettie Lee Hale Collins
Robert Leroy Collins
Shirley Jean Collins Tuttle
Kristi Kay Tuttle Braun
I have been working on getting my mother into the Daughter's of the Republic of Texas. I went to LaGrange last week and now all I have to do is type the papers.
Nice to hear from you, Kristi Braun
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Note from Larry Priest: I found a John Criswell born 1790 to 1800 in the Abbeville, SC census of 1830. pg 15

I found the following info at http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/tn+index+18133957271 0+F
Tennessee PENSION ROLL OF 1835
Henry Criswell
Wilson COUNTY
PRIVATE SOUTH CAROLINA LINE $80.00 ANNUAL ALLOWANCE

Found at: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/ky+index+61308306850 0+F
KENTUCKY PENSION ROLL OF 1835
DAVID Criswell Henry COUNTY PRIVATE
PENNSYLVANIA MILITIA
$26.66 ANNUAL ALLOWANCE
$79.98 AMOUNT RECEIVED
JANUARY 3, 1834 PENSION STARTED AGE 73

SAMUEL Criswell LEWIS COUNTY PRIVATE
VIRGINIA LINE $96.00 ANNUAL ALLOWANCE
$1,525.03 AMOUNT RECEIVED
APRIL 16, 1819 PENSION STARTED AGE 73
$240.00 AMOUNT RECEIVED SEPTEMBER 11, 1833 PENSION STARTED AGE 75

Book Criswell Creswell
Knox gounty 1320 Census. JOHNY. CHRISWELL,age 26-44; wife 16-.25;
son 10-15; two sons and two daughters under 10. [The Ky. Genealo ist, vol. I, p. 39]
K... cmmy 1830 Census. JOHNY. CRISWELL,age 40-49; wife 30-39;
male 20-29; and eight children. [copied by Sue R. Diggle]
Kentuclgy Land Warrants - see page 82.

Criswell, John Yancy (I4936)

1112

•Military Service: CSA 16th Reg, Co. G- Capt. P.C. Shields BET 21 MAY AND NOV 1861

Bain, John (I5057)

1113

•Note: Andrew Bane and Temperance Philips were married January 16, 1823 by Matthew Cyrus, J.P.

Bain, Andrew (I864)

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